title: Endoscopic removal of throat-packing gauze swallowed during general anesthesia.
abstract: Throat packing is commonly placed in the pharynx before starting oral and maxillofacial surgery under general anesthesia to protect the airway from aspiration of blood and surgical debris. Complications such as airway obstruction may arise if any of the throat packing is retained after extubation, and less commonly, swallowing of the throat packing has been reported. We report endoscopic removal of throat packing gauze swallowed during general anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. iwai104oams@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: Takahisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Yoshiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Iwai
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tohnai
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001458:Bandages; D003679:Deglutition; D004724:Endoscopy; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010614:Pharynx; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult