Stefania Troise, Umberto Committeri, Simona Barone, Daniela Palumbo, David D'Auria, Antonio Arena, Antonio Romano, Giovanni Salzano, Vincenzo Abbate, Luca Raccampo, Salvatore Sembronio, Luigi Angelo Vaira, Giovanni Dell'Aversana Orabona, Luigi Califano, Pasquale Piombino
AIMS: This study aims to describe our refined technique of submental intubation to avoid the recorded intraoperative complications related to tube passage and pilot balloon rupture. CASE SERIES: This is a retrospective case series of 21 patients with complex maxillofacial trauma who underwent submental intubation from January 2019 to January 2023. All the patients underwent to the same procedure with a new technique of pilot balloon protection: the pilot balloon was not deflated because, once the connector was removed, only the tube was curved and passed through the incision extraorally while the cuff remained inflated...
December 15, 2023: Journal of Cranio-maxillo-facial Surgery