title: Retromolar flexible fiber-optic orotracheal intubation: a novel alternative to nasal intubation and tracheostomy in severe trismus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Angela T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Truong
authors.forename: Dam-Thuy
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Truong
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management / Q000379:methods*; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000379:methods; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008963:Molar; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*; D014313:Trismus / Q000150:complications*
keywords: difficult airway; fiber-optic; intubation; retromolar; trismus