[Light-wand (Trachlight) guided nasotracheal intubation].
We report that Trachlight-guided nasotracheal intubation might be achieved successfully and traumatically without removal of a stiff internal stylet. Endotracheal tube was mounted on a Trachlight with the stylet in position and bent to form a less sharp curvature than a right angle, namely 40-60 degree, at 7 cm proximal to the endotracheal tube tip. Forty-six patients scheduled for nasal intubation were studied to measure the intubation time and the success rate with the use of Trachlight. The tracheas were successfully intubated in 89% of patients. We suggest that Trachlight-guided nasotracheal intubation could be clinically feasible without traumatic complication when applied with a stiff stylet in position and this approach is a useful method for nasal intubation.
Matayoshi
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Y
Department of Anesthesia, Yamaguchi Prefectural Central Hospital, Hofu 747-8511.
Tamura
H
H
Ono
H
H
Nomura
S
S
Kondoh
K
K
Koizumi
Y
Y
Nakamura
K
K
D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008029:Lighting / Q000295:instrumentation*