Microgenia as a factor making endotracheal intubation impossible.
The authors report a case of microgenia which made endotracheal intubation impossible in a patient with pharyngeal stenosis. It is suggested that laryngological examination should precede the operation and when endotracheal intubation is impossible tracheostomy should be performed.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008844:Micrognathism; D010614:Pharynx / Q000002:abnormalities; D010855:Pierre Robin Syndrome; D014140:Tracheotomy