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Replacing the combitube by an endotracheal tube using a fibre-optic bronchoscope during spontaneous ventilation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Luis A. Gaitini ,
Sonia J. Vaida ,
Milo Fradis ,
Mustafa Somri ,
Boris Yanovski  and
Noam Kalderon
Luis A. Gaitini
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Bnai Zion Medical Centre, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Sonia J. Vaida
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Bnai Zion Medical Centre, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Milo Fradis*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Bnai Zion Medical Centre, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Mustafa Somri
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Bnai Zion Medical Centre, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Boris Yanovski
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Bnai Zion Medical Centre, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Noam Kalderon
Affiliation:
Department of Plastic Surgery Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Centre, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
*
Address for correspondence: Milo Fradis, M.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Bnai-Zion Medical Centre, P.O. Box 4940, 31048 Haifa, Israel. Fax: +972-4-8260124 e-mail: sonia@netvision.net.il
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Abstract

We present a case of microlaryngoscopy in a patient with an unexpectedly difficult airway. The airway was managed by using an oesophageal-tracheal Combitube (Kendall-Sheridan, Argyle, NY) (ETC)and a fibre-optic bronchoscope (Pentax-Japan-5mm).

Keywords

LaryngoscopyIntubation, intratrachealBronchoscopy
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 8 , August 1998 , pp. 786 - 787
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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