Anesthetic management of a patient with Montgomery t-tube in-situ for direct laryngoscopy

The Montgomery silicone t-tube used for post-procedural tracheal stenosis has advantage of acting as both stent and tracheostomy tube. The anesthetic management of patient with t-tube in situ poses a challenge. Safe management of such patients requires careful planning. We describe anesthetic manage...

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Autores principales: Kerai, Sukhyanti, Gupta, Richa, Wadhawan, Sonia, Bhadoria, Poonam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3590512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23493795
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.105815
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Sumario:The Montgomery silicone t-tube used for post-procedural tracheal stenosis has advantage of acting as both stent and tracheostomy tube. The anesthetic management of patient with t-tube in situ poses a challenge. Safe management of such patients requires careful planning. We describe anesthetic management for direct laryngoscopy of a patient with t-tube in situ.

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