anufacturing defects of endotracheal tubes (ETTs) are well-known during anesthetic procedure [1,2]. Pre-anesthetic checkup of anesthesia equipment's, drugs, and machine helps to avert such mishappenings in the operation theatre. A blocked ETT can result in increase airway resistance, inadequate gas exchange, and ventilation. There are no substitutes for monitoring under anesthesia. Careful vigilance and continuous monitoring are the key to successful patient outcome and are recommended in all anesthetized patients but more in the extreme age groups like small children. Hajimohammadi et al. [1] and Shamse et al. [3] reported such ETT defects in the literature.A blockage of the ETT due to manufacturing defect is a rare phenomenon and often missed. Hence, we want to highlight the importance of equipment check before surgery. We, hereby, report the case of a blocked ETT defect in a 2-month-old child posted for massive abdominal teratoma.
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