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A serious anaesthetic complication of a Lefort I osteotomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2006

S. J. Hosseini Bidgoli ,
L. Dumont ,
M. Mattys ,
C. Mardirosoff  and
P. Damseaux
S. J. Hosseini Bidgoli
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchten no. 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium
L. Dumont
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchten no. 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium
M. Mattys
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchten no. 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium
C. Mardirosoff
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchten no. 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium
P. Damseaux
Affiliation:
Department of Stomatology, Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchten no. 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium
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Abstract

We report a case of surgical transsection of the nasoendotracheal tube during a Lefort I maxillary osteotomy, resulting in severe intra-operative ventilatory difficulties. The management of this problem and a brief review of the literature are presented.

Keywords

Maxillary osteotomynaso-endotracheal intubationtube cut
Type
Case Report
Information
European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , March 1999 , pp. 201 - 203
Copyright
1999 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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