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Case Reports
. 2013 Jan;29(1):105-7.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.105815.

Anesthetic management of a patient with Montgomery t-tube in-situ for direct laryngoscopy

Sukhyanti Kerai  1 , Richa Gupta, Sonia Wadhawan, Poonam Bhadoria
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Case Reports

Anesthetic management of a patient with Montgomery t-tube in-situ for direct laryngoscopy

Sukhyanti Kerai et al. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Jan.

Abstract

The Montgomery silicone t-tube used for post-procedural tracheal stenosis has advantage of acting as both stent and tracheostomy tube. The anesthetic management of patient with t-tube in situ poses a challenge. Safe management of such patients requires careful planning. We describe anesthetic management for direct laryngoscopy of a patient with t-tube in situ.

Keywords: Laryngoscopy; stent; t-tube; tracheal stenosis; tracheostomy tube.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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