Open AccessObstruction of a non-resterilized reinforced endotracheal tube during craniotomy under general anesthesia
Author(s) -
Omar S. Itani,
Claude E. Mallat,
Mohammad Jazzar,
Rola Hammoud,
Jamil Shaaban
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.155993
Subject(s) - endotracheal tube , medicine , anesthesia , craniotomy , tube (container) , surgery , bleb (medicine) , nitrous oxide , dissection (medical) , intubation , materials science , intraocular pressure , trabeculectomy , composite material
Many cases of reinforced endotracheal tube (ETT) obstruction were reported in the literature. In most of these cases, the obstruction was related to the use of a resterilized tube with or without the use of nitrous oxide (N2O). Resterilization and autoclaving of the tube may result in dissection or formation of a bleb between the two layers of the tube that may expand after the use of N2O. We describe a case of acute non-resterilized reinforced ETT obstruction, by bleb formation, during occipital craniotomy under general anesthesia.