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Use of oral RAE tube for submental Intubation - A case report


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1 Assistant Professor, Dept.Of Anesthesiology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
2 Associate Professor, Dept.Of Anesthesiology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
3 Consultant, Dept.Of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
 

A 38 year old male patient with Le Forte's type 2 fracture was scheduled for maxillofacial surgery. The surgical constraints precluded the use of oral and nasal route of intubation. This case report describes the use of submental route of intubation with oral portex preformed tube and the associated anaesthetic difficulties encountered during the initial part of the surgery.

Keywords

Submental intubation, oral RAE tube, desaturation
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Authors

Lulu Sherif Mahmood
Assistant Professor, Dept.Of Anesthesiology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
Natasha Olga Vas
Assistant Professor, Dept.Of Anesthesiology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
Mohandas Bollur Soorappa
Assistant Professor, Dept.Of Anesthesiology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
Kishan Shetty
Associate Professor, Dept.Of Anesthesiology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
Prithi Jain
Associate Professor, Dept.Of Anesthesiology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
Manjunath Rai
Consultant, Dept.Of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore

Abstract


A 38 year old male patient with Le Forte's type 2 fracture was scheduled for maxillofacial surgery. The surgical constraints precluded the use of oral and nasal route of intubation. This case report describes the use of submental route of intubation with oral portex preformed tube and the associated anaesthetic difficulties encountered during the initial part of the surgery.

Keywords


Submental intubation, oral RAE tube, desaturation