Unlocking the Potential of Submental Intubation - Redefining Airway Management in Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Patients

Overview

Journal Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr

Publisher Sage Publications

Date 2024 Nov 18

PMID 39553800

Authors

Amit Dharamvir Mahajan

Sharvari Prakash Daithankar

Pratesh Nitin Dholabhai

Aniruddh Pratap Singh

Aditya Rajesh Shah

Nirvani Pinkesh Shah

Affiliations

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Abstract

Study Design: Submental intubation is and underutilized alternative to traditional techniques of intubation. Complications associated can indeed deter surgeons and anesthesiologist from performing it. Surgeons may opt for submental intubation if they believe that its advantages outweigh the potential risks of the procedure. Identifying the reasons of complications and implementing of proper strategies to address them can help mitigate risks.

Objective: This study aims to compare and analyze the complications experienced during and after submental intubation to comment on its safety, efficacy. Revisiting literature, will help us to comment on diagnosis in trauma and associated perioperative and intraoperative complication with it. It will also help us deduce most preferred way of performing submental intubation and various methods to manage complications.

Methods: Submental intubation in patients experiencing craniofacial trauma was reviewed retrospectively for 9 years from January 2015 to August 2023. Common diagnosis sites were analyzed for perioperative and postoperative complications.

Results: It was found that there were no much complications faced perioperatively and also notes methods used for management of complications. Most commonly encountered postoperative complication was scar. Literature of past years was reviewed, during process we also came out with novel method for safe extubation for which we have got copyright from Government of India.

Conclusions: Submental intubation is a safe and efficient intraoperative airway management technique for patients with craniomaxillofacial injuries when there is concurrent facial trauma. This study findings would underscore the safety and efficacy of SEI, making it a promising unparalleled method of airway management worth considering.

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