title: Management of difficult airway by retrograde tracheal intubation.
abstract: A case of difficult intubation is presented in a patient of adenoid cystic carcinoma with a large right-sided facial defect. She was managed with radiotherapy and a myocutaneous flap reconstruction was done with retrograde tracheal intubation
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Combined Military Hospital, Malir Cantt, Karachi and Hyderabad, Karachi. asgharkk@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Muhammad Asghar
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shafaq
authors.forename: Tahir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Manzoor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008334:Mandible; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013524:Surgical Flaps