[Awake fiberoptic nasal intubation using a Parker spiral tube in a patient with a giant thyroid tumor].
A 62-year-old man was scheduled for resection of a giant thyroid tumor. We planned awake fiberoptic nasotracheal intubation using a Parker spiral tube. Because a Parker spiral tube may improve endotracheal tube passage with fiberoptic intubation when compared to a standard endotracheal tube. After inserting the bronchial fiberscope, his trachea was intubated easily. The operation was performed without any complications. We conclude that a Parker spiral tube is useful for fiberoptic awake nasal intubation in a patient with a giant thyroid tumor.
Arai
Takero
T
Department of Anesthesiology, Dokkyo Medical University, Koshigaya Hospital.
Chiba
Ayako
A
Nakahara
Ryo
R
Tachikawa
Mayumi
M
Shimazaki
Mutsuhisa
M
Okuda
Yasuhisa
Y
D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*