Comprehensive Airway Management of Patients with Maxillofacial Trauma
- 1 November 2008
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction
- Vol. 1 (1), 39-47
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1098962
Abstract
Airway management in patients with maxillofacial trauma is complicated by injuries to routes of intubation, and the surgeon is frequently asked to secure the airway. Airway obstruction from hemorrhage, tissue prolapse, or edema may require emergent intervention for which multiple intubation techniques exist. Competing needs for both airway and surgical access create intraoperative conflicts during repair of maxillofacial fractures. Postoperatively, edema and maxillomandibular fixation place the patient at risk for further airway compromise.Keywords
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