Kinked J-tip guidewire within the tracheal lumen during retrograde intubation: A case report.
- Author:
Sang Soo KANG
1
;
Sang Moon JUNG
;
Il Seok KIM
;
Young Jun YOON
;
Keun Man SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kmshin1@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Difficult airway;
Flexible fiberoptic laryngoscope;
J-tip guidewire;
Retrograde intubation
- MeSH:
Handling (Psychology);
Humans;
Intubation;
Laryngoscopes;
Mouth
- From:Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2010;5(1):95-97
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Retrograde intubation is an alternative option for gaining airway access for patients with a difficult airway.We report a successful management of a kinked J-tip guidewire within a tracheal lumen with flexible fiberoptic laryngoscope in a patient with type II odontoid fracture.It is helpful to adjusting the depth of angiocatheter and handling of J-tip guidewire if J-tip guidewire does not come out into the oral cavity at the expected length during retrograde intubation.
