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Article Category: Case Report
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Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2018

Endotracheal Tube Obstruction via Turbinectomy During Nasal Intubation

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Page Range: 255 – 258
DOI: 10.2344/anpr-65-04-09
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The purpose of this article is to describe a case of an accidental turbinectomy during nasal intubation for an elective oral and maxillofacial surgical case that was confirmed after extubation. While there are several reported cases, this still tends to be an overall rare complication in the field of anesthesia. This article highlights the complications encountered due to turbinectomy while also identifying causes, signs, and methods to prevent it.

Keywords: Obstruction; Inferior turbinectomy; Nasotracheal intubation; General anesthesia
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Copyright: © 2018 by the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
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Figure 1.

Avulsed inferior turbinate occluded in nasotracheal tube.

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Figure 2.

Avulsed turbinate removed from endotracheal tube (ETT).

Contributor Notes

Address correspondence to Harry Dym, DDS, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 121 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201; hdymdds@yahoo.com.
Received: Nov 27, 2017
Accepted: May 18, 2018