Airway management in a patient with Le Fort III Fracture

Airway management in a patient with Le Fort III Fracture

Maxillofacial fractures present unique airway problem to the anesthesiologist. Patients with LeFort III fractures are at great risk of requiring emergent airway control due to midface instability and oropharyngeal airway obstruction. We present a case where difficult intubation was managed with clos...

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Main Authors: Maroun B Ghabach, Myriam A Abou Rouphael, Caroline E Roumoulian, May R Helou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Difficult intubation
Le Fort III fracture
maxillofacial trauma
Online Access:http://www.saudija.org/article.asp?issn=1658-354X;year=2014;volume=8;issue=1;spage=128;epage=130;aulast=Ghabach

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