%0 Journal Article
%T Airway Management in a Mental Retardation Patient with Temporo-mandibular Joint Ankylosis
%A Levent £¿ahin
%A Mehmet CESUR
%A Ay£¿e M£¿zrak
%A Rauf G¨¹L
%J Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine
%D 2012
%I Derman Medical Publishing
%R 10.4328
%X Temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis makes it impossible orotracheal intubation for general anesthesia because of limited mouth opening. We applied a nasotracheal intubation via fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) guidance on a 36 years old mental retarded (MR) patient with bilateral TMJ, having extremely limited mouth opening. As a result, nasotracheal intubation via FOB is reliable technique on even mental retarded patients with extremely limited opening.
%K Temporo-Mandibular Joint Ankylosis
%K Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
%K Nasotracheal Intubation
%U http://www.jcam.com.tr/files/KATD-415.pdf