SUMMARY - Post-intubation tracheal injury is a rare and potentially fatal complication. The most common causes are overinflation ofendotracheal tube cuffs and multiple intubation attempts in emergency cases. The diagnosis is based on clinical and radiological suspicion of tracheal injury confirmed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Decision between conservative and surgical management of the injury de...

Tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) is characterized by weakness of cartilaginous supporting structures of tracheal and bronchial walls, resulting in central airway obstruction. It is a rare condition that can occur after prolonged intubation. Here, we report a 26-year-old, alcoholic male who had TBM, mild subglottic, and severe tracheal stenosis following 2 weeks of intubation. Subglottic and tracheal...

Subglottic stenosis (SGS), the narrowing of upper trachea, can be an acquired condition in pediatric patients. Presenting with varying degrees dyspnea and stridor, SGS is most commonly due to intubation. Airway often not considered a surgical complication, no literature on after endoscopic sinus surgery exists. We present unique case 13-year-old male juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA), ...

Post-intubation tracheal injury is a rare and potentially fatal complication. Among the most common causes, cuff overinflation and repetitive attempts of orotracheal intubation in emergency situations are paramount. Diagnosis is based on clinical and radiological suspicion, confirmed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Both conservative and surgical management apply, and the decision-making process dep...

Blind nasal intubation has been one of the favoured methods of intubating the trachea in patients with restricted mouth opening and thus a difficult laryngoscopy and oro-tracheal intubation. Here, we describe airway management of patient who presented with traumatic ankylosis of the right temporomandibular joint and reduced mouth opening that was planned for elective release of the ankylosis an...

BACKGROUND The Pentax Airway Scope (AWS) is a video laryngoscope designed to facilitate tracheal intubation with a high-resolution image. The Pentax AWS has been reported to cause less hemodynamic stress than the Macintosh laryngoscope. The aims of this study are to investigate the differences in hemodynamic responses and norepinephrine concentrations to tracheal intubation between procedures u...