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Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

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The Rigid Tube as an Alternative in Controlling the Problematic Airway
Ioan Florin Marchis 1, Doinel Radeanu 2, Sever Pop 2, Alexandra Pop 1, Marcel Cosgarea 2
1Department of Anesthesiology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Presented here is a protocol of tracheal intubation over an intubating tube introducer using a rigid tube for laryngoscopy with an attached light source. The main characteristics of this maneuver are the retromolar approach and the use of the thyroid cartilage as a landmark while advancing the rigid tube.

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