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Case Reports
. 1999 Mar;16(3):201-3.

A serious anaesthetic complication of a Lefort I osteotomy

S J Bidgoli  1 , L Dumont, M Mattys, C Mardirosoff, P Damseaux
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Case Reports

A serious anaesthetic complication of a Lefort I osteotomy

S J Bidgoli et al. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 1999 Mar.

Abstract

We report a case of surgical transsection of the nasoendotracheal tube during a Lefort I maxillary osteotomy, resulting in severe intra-operative ventilatory difficulties. The management of this problem and a brief review of the literature are presented.

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