Open AccessVideo laryngoscope: A boon for airway management in severe facial trauma
Author(s) -
Shailendra Kumar,
Sweta Singh,
Neeraj Kumar,
Surya Kumar Dube
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.179841
Subject(s) - nasotracheal intubation , medicine , video laryngoscope , facial trauma , orotracheal intubation , airway , airway management , surgery , dentistry , intubation , laryngoscopy
We report the use of video laryngoscope for the exchange of orotracheal tube to nasotracheal tube needed for mandibular repair in a case of oromaxillofacial injury.