Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2015

Partially Withdrawn Nasotracheal Tube: An Alternative to the Nasal Trumpet

MD, MSD,
DDS, PhD,
DDS, PhD, and
DDS, MSD
Page Range: 166 – 167
DOI: 10.2344/15-00013.1
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After 2-jaw surgery, difficulty in breathing through the mouth and the nose is common due to nasal airway obstruction, intraoral bleeding, and sometimes maxillomandibular fixation. A partially withdrawn nasotracheal tube can be used economically with equal efficacy to the nasopharyngeal airway to provide supplemental oxygen after 2-jaw surgery.

Keywords: Orthognathic surgery; Nasal trumpet; Nasopharyngeal airway; Endotracheal tube; Airway management
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Copyright: © 2015 by the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
Figure 1.
Figure 1.

Nasotracheal tube (Mallinckrodt RAE) was partially withdrawn after deflating the cuff.

Figure 2.
Figure 2.

The standard adaptor supplied with the nasotracheal tube was reinserted into the proximal end.

Contributor Notes

Address correspondence to Ui Lyong Lee, DDS, MSD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Center, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 224-1 Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Korea; davidjoy76@gmail.com.
Received: Feb 24, 2015
Accepted: May 13, 2015