Retrograde intubation with a Mini-Trach II kit

Retrograde intubation with a Mini-Trach II kit.

BACKGROUND Retrograde intubation has been accepted internationally as a viable alternative for managing the difficult airway. Various techniques have been described to perform this procedure, however, difficulties have arisen on account of problems with suboptimal materials. We therefore describe a retrograde intubation technique using the knife and stiff plastic introducer from a Mini-Trach II...

Retrograde tracheal intubation.

Summary Successful management of difficult tracheal intubation by retrograde intubation has been reported for almost 50 years and can be used whether or not it is anticipated. There are numerous reports of variations to the basic technique to enhance reproducibility of this guided blind procedure. A review and analysis of the equipment and techniques provides a better understanding of this effe...

Retrograde orotracheal intubation with a double-lumen tube.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Difficult airway management in thoracic surgeries is a peculiar subject due to the demands of monopulmonary ventilation with double-lumen tubes. Flexible bronchoscopy guidance is extremely important, but it is not always available. The objective of this report was to describe a case of retrograde selective orotracheal intubation in the absence of specific endoscopy equ...

Retrograde Wire Intubation in Airway Management

Retrograde intubation using the subcricoid region.

The applied anatomy of the cricothyroid and cricotracheal region of the neck and a retrograde method of tracheal intubation using the subcricoid region are described. This approach has several advantages, including absence of bleeding complications, as there are no major blood vessels on the cricotracheal membrane, and reduction in the possible development of subglottic oedema and stenosis.