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SUBMITTER: Yun HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7321736 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine 20200624 3
Submental or submandibular intubation has been reported to cause fewer complications than tracheostomy. However, the risk of infection is always inherent because oral wounds are exposed to microbial flora and bacteria in the oral cavity. A novel technique of submandibular intubation was devised to reduce infection and injury to the soft tissues. We would like to report a novel safe technique that can be performed in patients requiring submental or submandibular intubation. This is the first repo ...[more]