title: [Awake fiberoptic nasal intubation using a Parker spiral tube in a patient with a giant thyroid tumor].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Dokkyo Medical University, Koshigaya Hospital.
authors.forename: Takero
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tachikawa
authors.forename: Mutsuhisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okuda
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*