Hazards of submental tracheal intubation

Airway Management in Maxillofacial Trauma: Do We Really Need Tracheostomy/Submental Intubation

“…This avoided the need of tracheostomy and submental intubation and their associated complications. Tracheostomy is associated with complications such as haemorrhage, pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, tracheal stenosis etc., and submental intubation can cause haemorrhage, oro-cutaneous fistula, injury to sublingual gland, wharton's duct,and lingual nerve [15,16].…”

Submental intubation: a literature review

“…Additional research is needed to validate various technique modifications aimed at reducing infrequent complications. 9 Retrospective study 3 BIGLIOLI et al 13 Retrospective study 3 CARON et al 15 Retrospective study 3 CAUBI et al 17 Retrospective study 3 CHANDU et al 19 Retrospective study 3 DAVIS 21 Retrospective study 3 GADRE & WAKNIS 25 Retrospective study 3 JÚ NIOR et al 31 Retrospective study 3 NAVANEETHAM et al 41 Retrospective study 3 SCHÜ TZ & HAMED 49 Retrospective study 3 TAGLIALATELA et al 51 Retrospective study 3 BABU et al 11 Case report 4 DROLET et al 22 Case report 4 EIPE et al 23 Case report 4 GORDON & TOLSTUNOV 27 Case report 4 GREEN & MOORE 28 Case report 4 KIM et al 32 Case report 4 KIM et al 33 Case report 4 LANGFORD 34 Case report 4 MACINNIS & BAIG 36 Case report 4 MAK & OOI 38 Case report 4 MANGANELLO-SOUZA et al 39 Case report 4 MEYER et al 40 Case report 4 UMA et al 52 Case report 4 YOON et al 54 Case report 4 CHOI et al 20 Case report 4 NYÁ RÁ DY et al 43 Case report 4 GARG et al 26 Case series 4 SHARMA et al 50 Case series 4 ALTEMIR et al 5 Surgical technique 4 ARYA et al 10 Surgical technique 4 ALTEMIR et al 6 Surgical technique 4 LIM et al 35 Surgical technique 4 MAHMOOD & LELLO 37 Surgical technique 4 NWOKU et al 42 Surgical technique 4 NYÁ RÁ DY et al 44 Surgical technique 4 AHMED & MITCHEL 2 Correspondence 5 BALL et al …”

“…The most common indication for submental intubation was trauma (N = 721) in 86% of the reported cases followed by elective facial osteotomy (N = 100) in 12% of patients 1,2,4,6,[9][10][11]13,15,17,[19][20][21][22][25][26][27][28][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][49][50][51][52]54 . Transmaxillary cranial base tumour access (N = 18) comprised 2% of patients 13 .…”

Submental intubation for cancrum oris: a case report

“…Another requirement of the tracheal tube for submental intubation is the ability to remove the connector [not possible with all reinforced tubes (17)]. The tube may migrate (endobronchial intubation or tracheal extubation) with jaw movements (18). It should be secured to the skin with suitable sutures.…”