Introduction: Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TPO) is a rare benign disorder of the lower part of the trachea and the upper part of the main bronchi.   Case Report: A case of tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TPO) diagnosed at the time of intubation in an intensive care unit due to difficulty when advancing the endotracheal tube beyond the vocal cords, is reported. A problem...

500 March 2013 I this issue of Anesthesiology, sathyamoorthy et al.1 describe three cases of postextubation airway swelling in young infants. The cases are noteworthy because the endotracheal tube used in all three infants was a recently developed cuffed endotracheal tube called the Microcuff® (Kimberly-Clark, Roswell, gA), which has been specifically designed for use in pediatric anesthesia. i...

Introduction: The main aim of this study is to determine if ultrasonography (USG) based measurement subglottic diameter the best size predictor for endotracheal tube (ETT) in pediatric surgical cases over age-based formula with micro cuff tube. Also, test reintubation percentage and post-operative complications children. Methodology: This research double-blind randomized control 68 children und...

1 El-Seify ZA, Khattab AM, Shaaban AA, Metwalli OE, Hassan HE, Ajjoub LF. Xylometazoline pretreatment reduces nasotracheal intubation-related epistaxis in paediatric dental surgery. Br J Anaesth 2010; 105: 501–5; doi:10.1093/bja/aeq205 2 Kihara S, Komatsuzaki T, Brimacombe JR, et al. A silicone-based wire-reinforced tracheal tube with a hemispherical bevel reduces nasal morbidity for nasotrache...