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A pharyngeal pack fixed on to the tracheal tube
Author(s) -
SCHECK PAUL A.E.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1981.tb08865.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pharynx , throat , laryngoscopy , intubation , tube (container) , surgery , tracheal tube , nose , tracheal intubation , mechanical engineering , engineering
Summary In 205 patients undergoing surgery of the nose, throat or dental surgery, a gauze pack was used fixed onto the tracheal tube, remaining during surgery above the vocal cords. Advantages in adults as well as children are discussed: laryngoscopy has to be performed only once, a free operating field is secured for the surgeon in the throat, the tube cannot be inserted too far into the trachea and the pack cannot be forgotten in the pharynx. The only disadvantage noticed so far was that in about 10% of the patients intubation was somewhat more difficult for the less experienced anaesthetist.