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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2018; 13(01): 75-77
DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.181120
Case Report

Endotracheal intubation for penetrating neck trauma

Authors

  • Sevtap Sahin

    Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne

  • Beyhan Karamanlioglu

    Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne

  • Mehmet Ina

    Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne

  • Huseyin Ugur

    Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne

  • Tolgay Akıncı

    1   Department of Neurosurgery, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne

  • Hakan Tagrikulu

    Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne

  • Banu Tutunculer

    1   Department of Neurosurgery, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne
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Tracheal intubation is performed as part of daily routine in the operating room, rarely with complications. However, management of airway for cases such as a penetrating neck trauma case might constitute exceptions, in which cases the stabilization of the neck to prevent any further neural damage is a significant source of concern for the anesthesiologist. Generally, intubation techniques for penetrating neck trauma were planned according to the initial position of patients. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of alterated the position of the patient during the anesthesia induction for direct laryngoscopy. We report a case of successful airway management of a patient with penetrating neck trauma, by endotracheal intubation with direct laryngoscopy (DL) technique.

Key-words:

Direct laryngoscopy - general anesthesia - neck trauma


Publication History

Article published online:
14 September 2022

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