Nasotracheal tube wire support: a safety device in maxillofacial surgery technical note after five years of experience

A well fixed endotracheal tube is essential for safety during general anesthesia. In maxillofacial surgeries, securely fixing a nasotracheal tube in place has always been problematic. The aim of this article is to describe a simple but effective technique to fasten the nasotracheal tube using a wire...

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Autores principales: Elias, Fernando Melhem, Sato, Fábio Ricardo Loureiro, Ferraz, Flávio Wellington da Silva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: São Paulo, SP: Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital Universitário 2014
Materias:
Article / Clinical Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28652994
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2014.009
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Sumario:A well fixed endotracheal tube is essential for safety during general anesthesia. In maxillofacial surgeries, securely fixing a nasotracheal tube in place has always been problematic. The aim of this article is to describe a simple but effective technique to fasten the nasotracheal tube using a wire support that allows a full range of head movement without interference in the surgical field. During the last 5 years, this device was successfully used in almost two hundred patients with very few complications.

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