title: Transmylohyoid orotracheal intubation: case series and review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the outcome of airway management in patients with complex maxillofacial fracture by submental intubation, time required for intubation, accidental extubation, and postoperative complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University-affiliated hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  The medical records of the 10 patients who underwent submental intubation from December 2008 to June 2011 were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the end of the procedure, all 10 patients were extubated without any complications. Postoperatively, only one patient presented with superficial infection of the submental wound.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Submental endotracheal intubation is a simple technique with very low morbidity, and may be used as an alternative to tracheostomy in selected cases of maxillofacial trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Vidya Shikshan Prasarak Mandal's (V.S.P.M.'s) Dental College and Research Centre, Nagpur-440019, Maharashtra, India. drsamprati@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Samprati J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Badjate
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Shenoi
authors.forename: Nilima J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Budhraja
authors.forename: Pranav
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ingole
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D058109:Airway Management / Q000379:methods*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult