Difficulty in removal of accidentally cut endotracheal tube

Challenges in Extubation: A Case of a Non-removable Tracheal Tube Following Surgery

“…5) A subglottic pedicled mass, impacting and blocking tube removal, was solved with the assistance of an otolaryngologist who manipulated the mass [ 13 ]. 6) A barb accidentally made in the tracheal tube during maxillofacial surgery was resolved through gentle manipulation of the tracheal tube during extraction [ 14 ]. 7) An entangled pilot tube with a nasogastric tube, preventing extubation, was resolved by cutting the pilot line [ 15 ].…”

Challenges in Extubation: A Case of a Non-removable Tracheal Tube Following Surgery

“…5) A subglottic pedicled mass, impacting and blocking tube removal, was solved with the assistance of an otolaryngologist who manipulated the mass [ 13 ]. 6) A barb accidentally made in the tracheal tube during maxillofacial surgery was resolved through gentle manipulation of the tracheal tube during extraction [ 14 ]. 7) An entangled pilot tube with a nasogastric tube, preventing extubation, was resolved by cutting the pilot line [ 15 ].…”

An Unusual Lacerated Tracheal Tube during Le Fort Surgery: Literature Review and Case Report

“…Schwartz et al described an inability to withdraw the TT more than a few millimeters, where the lacerated end of the tube had formed a barb that caught on a bone snag; their patient was extubated successfully after the lacerated TT was sealed with cement prior to removal [5]. In another case report, a completely severed, wire-reinforced TT obstructed the airway, thereby requiring a surgical airway [6].…”

Simplified Airway Management in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery and Facial Trauma

“…The presence of a nasal tube interferes with many midface osteotomies, however, and tube dislodgement or transection can occur. 7,8 Initial oral intubation for the skeletal osteotomies followed by an intraoperative change to a nasotracheal tube has been advocated to avoid these difficulties. 9 This is clearly cumbersome and risks intraoperative contamination and loss of the airway at the time of tube change.…”

Challenges in Extubation: A Case of a Non-removable Tracheal Tube Following Surgery

“…5) A subglottic pedicled mass, impacting and blocking tube removal, was solved with the assistance of an otolaryngologist who manipulated the mass [ 13 ]. 6) A barb accidentally made in the tracheal tube during maxillofacial surgery was resolved through gentle manipulation of the tracheal tube during extraction [ 14 ]. 7) An entangled pilot tube with a nasogastric tube, preventing extubation, was resolved by cutting the pilot line [ 15 ].…”

An Unusual Lacerated Tracheal Tube during Le Fort Surgery: Literature Review and Case Report

“…Schwartz et al described an inability to withdraw the TT more than a few millimeters, where the lacerated end of the tube had formed a barb that caught on a bone snag; their patient was extubated successfully after the lacerated TT was sealed with cement prior to removal [5]. In another case report, a completely severed, wire-reinforced TT obstructed the airway, thereby requiring a surgical airway [6].…”

Simplified Airway Management in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery and Facial Trauma

“…The presence of a nasal tube interferes with many midface osteotomies, however, and tube dislodgement or transection can occur. 7,8 Initial oral intubation for the skeletal osteotomies followed by an intraoperative change to a nasotracheal tube has been advocated to avoid these difficulties. 9 This is clearly cumbersome and risks intraoperative contamination and loss of the airway at the time of tube change.…”

Challenges in Extubation: A Case of a Non-removable Tracheal Tube Following Surgery

“…5) A subglottic pedicled mass, impacting and blocking tube removal, was solved with the assistance of an otolaryngologist who manipulated the mass [ 13 ]. 6) A barb accidentally made in the tracheal tube during maxillofacial surgery was resolved through gentle manipulation of the tracheal tube during extraction [ 14 ]. 7) An entangled pilot tube with a nasogastric tube, preventing extubation, was resolved by cutting the pilot line [ 15 ].…”

An Unusual Lacerated Tracheal Tube during Le Fort Surgery: Literature Review and Case Report

“…Schwartz et al described an inability to withdraw the TT more than a few millimeters, where the lacerated end of the tube had formed a barb that caught on a bone snag; their patient was extubated successfully after the lacerated TT was sealed with cement prior to removal [5]. In another case report, a completely severed, wire-reinforced TT obstructed the airway, thereby requiring a surgical airway [6].…”

Simplified Airway Management in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery and Facial Trauma

“…The presence of a nasal tube interferes with many midface osteotomies, however, and tube dislodgement or transection can occur. 7,8 Initial oral intubation for the skeletal osteotomies followed by an intraoperative change to a nasotracheal tube has been advocated to avoid these difficulties. 9 This is clearly cumbersome and risks intraoperative contamination and loss of the airway at the time of tube change.…”