Endoscopic Removal of a Retained Throat Pack: A Profound Lesson

Throat packing/pharyngeal packing is typically applied in all oral and maxillofacial surgeries. It prevents the entry of saliva, blood, disinfectant, other liquids, and oral foreign objects (brackets) into the trachea or esophagus. The retention of throat packing results in severe complications such...

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Autores principales: Yang, Chengshuai, Xu, Xiaofeng, Shi, Jun, Zhang, Wenbin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023
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Brief Clinical Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9944741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36857558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000008841
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author Yang, Chengshuai
Xu, Xiaofeng
Shi, Jun
Zhang, Wenbin
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description Throat packing/pharyngeal packing is typically applied in all oral and maxillofacial surgeries. It prevents the entry of saliva, blood, disinfectant, other liquids, and oral foreign objects (brackets) into the trachea or esophagus. The retention of throat packing results in severe complications such as airway obstruction and digestive tract symptoms. We present a case of postextubation throat pack ingestion. The pack was identified and retrieved successfully from the gastrointestinal tract.
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spelling pubmed-99447412023-02-23 Endoscopic Removal of a Retained Throat Pack: A Profound Lesson Yang, Chengshuai Xu, Xiaofeng Shi, Jun Zhang, Wenbin J Craniofac Surg Brief Clinical Studies Throat packing/pharyngeal packing is typically applied in all oral and maxillofacial surgeries. It prevents the entry of saliva, blood, disinfectant, other liquids, and oral foreign objects (brackets) into the trachea or esophagus. The retention of throat packing results in severe complications such as airway obstruction and digestive tract symptoms. We present a case of postextubation throat pack ingestion. The pack was identified and retrieved successfully from the gastrointestinal tract. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023 2022-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9944741/ /pubmed/36857558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000008841 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of Mutaz B. Habal, MD. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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Yang, Chengshuai
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Zhang, Wenbin
Endoscopic Removal of a Retained Throat Pack: A Profound Lesson
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title_full Endoscopic Removal of a Retained Throat Pack: A Profound Lesson
title_fullStr Endoscopic Removal of a Retained Throat Pack: A Profound Lesson
title_full_unstemmed Endoscopic Removal of a Retained Throat Pack: A Profound Lesson
title_short Endoscopic Removal of a Retained Throat Pack: A Profound Lesson
title_sort endoscopic removal of a retained throat pack: a profound lesson
topic Brief Clinical Studies
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9944741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36857558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000008841
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