Simplified technique to change the endotracheal tube from nasal to oral to facilitate orthognathic and nasal surgery.

摘要

The surgical correction of patients with dentofacial deformities usually requires naso-endotracheal intubation to facilitate orthognathic surgery. However, the presence of the ventilating tube in the nose can interfere with the concomitant performance and accuracy of surgical procedures on the nose such as rhinoplasty,1 trans-nasal approach for septoplasty or turbinectomies, and placement of the alar base cinch suture. These nasal procedures when done concomitantly are usually carried out after completion of the orthognathic procedures.