A technique for intubation of the difficult airway.
Intubation of a patient with an obstructive friable tumor mass in the hypopharynx can be difficult. A technique for solving our most difficult cases evolved after all current methods had been tried. This technique combines the use of a tubular laryngoscope and a hollow wand (or guide), through which O2 can be delivered into the trachea as the endotracheal tube is advanced past the obstructing lesion. Existing techniques are also discussed.
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000473:pathology*; D004825:Epiglottis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology