Biomaterial Database

Stabilization of endotracheal tube--a technical note. 2006

Kevin J Penna, and Francis J Cusumano, and Robert J Licul

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, USA.

The vital need to retain closed-circuit airways during maxillofacial surgery has led to several innovations in anesthetic tube placement and stabilization. Several designs and alterations of endotracheal tubes have been described and are currently in use. These range from suturing the tubing to the patient's scalp to fabricating maxillofacial prostheses. In this report, an easy method for securing anesthetic tubes is described. This technique has been used successfully at our institution.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007430	Intraoperative Care	Patient care procedures performed during the operation that are ancillary to the actual surgery. It includes monitoring, fluid therapy, medication, transfusion, anesthesia, radiography, and laboratory tests.	Care, Intraoperative
D007442	Intubation, Intratracheal	A procedure involving placement of a tube into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to provide a patient with oxygen and anesthesia.	Intubation, Endotracheal,Endotracheal Intubation,Endotracheal Intubations,Intratracheal Intubation,Intratracheal Intubations,Intubations, Endotracheal,Intubations, Intratracheal
D004867	Equipment Design	Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware.	Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D019647	Oral Surgical Procedures	Surgical procedures used to treat disease, injuries, and defects of the oral and maxillofacial region.	Maxillofacial Procedures,Oral Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Oral Surgical,Procedures, Oral Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Oral,Surgical Procedures, Oral,Maxillofacial Procedure,Procedure, Maxillofacial,Procedures, Maxillofacial