Soft palate perforation during orotracheal intubation facilitated by the GlideScope videolaryngoscope.
We report a case in which a videolaryngoscope was used to facilitate endotracheal intubation in a patient with a large exophytic mass involving the right supraglottis. After intubation, it was noted that the soft palate had been perforated by the styletted endotracheal tube. The defect closed spontaneously postoperatively within 9 days.
Vincent
Robert D
RD
Department of Anesthesiology and Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA. rdv@uab.edu
Wimberly
Mark P
MP
Brockwell
Russell C
RC
Magnuson
J Scott
JS
D004867:Equipment Design / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D020704:Laryngoscopes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors; D008875:Middle Aged; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000293:injuries*