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Endotracheal tube stabilization using an orthodontic skeletal anchor in a patient with facial burns.

Kanno T, Mitsugi M, Furuki Y, Kozato S

Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kagawa, Japan.

Stabilizing the endotracheal tube is of vital importance in patients suffering facial burns or trauma in the intensive care unit, as well as during a general anaesthetic procedure. Here is presented a secure method using a simple orthodontic skeletal anchorage system on the maxilla and 0.4-mm stainless steel wire that does not require any work or place any burden on the teeth or gingival tissue, and does not require extensive surgery.

Published 4 April 2008 in Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 37(4): 386-7.
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