Submental intubation

MacInnis and Baig modified Altemirs’ original technique for sub-mental intubation. Instead of a lateral entry, they described a central entry just anterior to the sub-mental crease that does not carry the risk of damage to the lingual nerves, submandibular ducts and sublingual glands. We describe he...

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Autores principales: Jindal, Sonia, Kothari, Kamlesh, Singh, Amit Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3760367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24019812
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description MacInnis and Baig modified Altemirs’ original technique for sub-mental intubation. Instead of a lateral entry, they described a central entry just anterior to the sub-mental crease that does not carry the risk of damage to the lingual nerves, submandibular ducts and sublingual glands. We describe here our experience with this modified sub-mental intubation that also allows the operating surgeon to provide for a correct midline and optimal esthetics in case of panfacial trauma.
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spelling pubmed-37603672013-09-09 Submental intubation Jindal, Sonia Kothari, Kamlesh Singh, Amit Kumar Dent Res J (Isfahan) Case Report MacInnis and Baig modified Altemirs’ original technique for sub-mental intubation. Instead of a lateral entry, they described a central entry just anterior to the sub-mental crease that does not carry the risk of damage to the lingual nerves, submandibular ducts and sublingual glands. We describe here our experience with this modified sub-mental intubation that also allows the operating surgeon to provide for a correct midline and optimal esthetics in case of panfacial trauma. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3760367/ /pubmed/24019812 Text en Copyright: © Dental Research Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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