Abstract:Anaesthesia for pan-facial surgeries is challenging because the anaesthesiologist and surgeon have to share the common upper airway field. Oral and nasal routes for intubation are often not feasible. Submental intubation is alternative method to tracheostomy and other modes of intubation for management of airway during maxillofacial surgeries. Aim: To provide safe and easy airway with unobstructed intraoral surgical field without causing much morbidity. Materials and Methods: 30 ASA I and II patients who had p… Show more
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