Airway management in a patient with a cleft palate after pharyngoplasty: a case report


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Hee H., Conskunfirat N., Wong S., Chen C.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA-JOURNAL CANADIEN D ANESTHESIE, cilt.50, sa.7, ss.721-724, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Purpose: To describe a practical method of aiding nasotracheal intubation in a cleft palate patient with previous pharyngoplasty using a suction catheter under tactile guidance. Problems of airway management in these patients are also discussed.