[Difficult reintubation during a Fantoni's tracheostomy resolved using a laryngeal mask].
We report the failure of a reintubation under direct laryngoscopy, during a percutaneous tracheostomy by Fantoni method. After the accidental per-procedural extubation and in front of an unpredicted difficult conventional endotracheal intubation, a laryngeal mask was used as an airway intubator conduit for the blind passage of the set's ventilation tube. This ventilation tube is a 40 cm long, 4 mm internal diameter special catheter with low pressure cuff, included into the TLT kit. The end of the procedure was uneventful.
Ould-Ahmed
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Département d'anesthésie, réanimation et urgences, hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Clermont-Tonnerre, rue du Colonel Fonferrier, BP 41, 29200 Brest, France.
Mas
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B
Paris
A
A
Caroff
P
P
Segalen
F
F
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D018805:Sepsis / Q000628:therapy; D014139:Tracheostomy