A technique of airway management in children with obstructed airway due to tumor.
Airway management of patients with tracheobronchial compression due to mediastinal masses poses a difficult problem. A new technique of direct vision endotracheal intubation is described, and other adjunctive measures are reviewed.
Pelton
J J
JJ
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Santa Rosa Children's Hospital, San Antonio, Texas.
Ratner
I A
IA
D000293:Adolescent; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*