Open AccessDifficult intubation at a patient with severe periodontitis having a biopsy of a larynx tumor – clinical case
Author(s) -
Bogdan Moscaliuc,
Viorel Zainea,
Răzvan Hainăroșie,
Cosmin Nisipaşu,
Bucureşti Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie „Carol Davila“,
Bucureşti Universitatea „Titu Maiorescu“
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
romanian journal of stomatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6078
pISSN - 1843-0805
DOI - 10.37897/rjs.2015.4.6
Subject(s) - laryngoscopy , intubation , medicine , larynx , periodontitis , surgery , biopsy , dentistry , radiology
The purpose of this article is to present a situation in wich a dental problem can put the ATI doctor in difficulty and can have a negative impact on the postoperatory evolution. The case we are heaving is a patient with severe peridontitis wich complicates the intubation maneuver, being necessary to have temporary lingual retainers for the protection of the upper and inferior teeth. The intubation maneuver is awake oral fiberoptic laryngoscopy with good outcome.