Maktabi Mazen A, Hoffman Henry, Funk Gery, From Robert P
Department of Anesthesia, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. mazen-maktabi@uiowaedu
Anesth Analg. 2002 Oct;95(4):1112-4, table of contents. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200210000-00061.
We describe three patients with difficult airways in which fiberoptic endotracheal intubation was used to insert breathing tubes into the patients' windpipes. Airway injury occurred during the use of this technique. Although largely a safe technique, care should be exercised when anesthesiologists choose equipment and when they perform this technique.