Scar contracture of anterior tonsillar pillar leading to difficult intubation

Unanticipated difficult intubations on the operation table have often tested all the anesthetists’ intubation skill. The understanding of the causative factor and accordingly using the correct instrument from the difficult intubation kit requires experience and thorough knowledge on the part of the...

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Autores principales: Kapoor, Hemlata, Mokashi, Suhas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886119
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.128927
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description Unanticipated difficult intubations on the operation table have often tested all the anesthetists’ intubation skill. The understanding of the causative factor and accordingly using the correct instrument from the difficult intubation kit requires experience and thorough knowledge on the part of the anesthetist. We describe a case of difficult intubation due to scar contracture of anterior tonsillar pillar formed after a previous surgery.
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spelling pubmed-41735902014-10-22 Scar contracture of anterior tonsillar pillar leading to difficult intubation Kapoor, Hemlata Mokashi, Suhas Anesth Essays Res Case Report Unanticipated difficult intubations on the operation table have often tested all the anesthetists’ intubation skill. The understanding of the causative factor and accordingly using the correct instrument from the difficult intubation kit requires experience and thorough knowledge on the part of the anesthetist. We describe a case of difficult intubation due to scar contracture of anterior tonsillar pillar formed after a previous surgery. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4173590/ /pubmed/25886119 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.128927 Text en Copyright: © Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 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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title_full Scar contracture of anterior tonsillar pillar leading to difficult intubation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173590/
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