Unintended Avulsion of Hypertrophic Adenoids in Posterior Nasopharynx: A Case Report of a Rare Complication Caused by Nasotracheal Intubation

The enlarged adenoid serves as a mechanical obstacle on the nasopharynx to intricate nasotracheal intubation. No matter what video or direct laryngoscopic techniques are applied, nasotracheal tube navigation from the nasal valve area through the nasal cavity to the nasopharynx is always blind; traum...

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Main Authors: Hao-Hu Chen, Li-Chuan Chen, Yu-Hui Hsieh, Mao-Kai Chen, Chung-Ho Chen, Kuang-I Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/980930