Possible association between successful intubation via the right nostril and anatomical variations of the nasopharynx during nasotracheal intubation: a multiplanar imaging study

• Published in: Journal of Anesthesia Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 987 - 993
• Main Authors: Takasugi, Yoshihiro, Futagawa, Koichi, Konishi, Tatsuo, Morimoto, Daisuke, Okuda, Takahiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Science and Business Media LLC 01.12.2016; Springer Japan; Springer
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Anesthesiology; CAT scans; Catheterization; Critical Care Medicine; Emergency Medicine; Female; Humans; Intensive; Intubation, Intratracheal; Intubation, Intratracheal - methods; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Methods; Middle Aged; Nasal Cavity; Nasopharynx; Original Article; Pain Medicine; Retrospective Studies; Japan; Fossa of Rosenmüller; Nasopharynx; Retropharyngeal dissection; Eustachian tube; Nasotracheal intubation

Purpose Most reported cases of nasopharyngeal laceration following impingement during nasotracheal intubation involved tube insertion via the right nostril. We postulated that recesses on the posterior wall of the nasopharynx might be associated with tube impingement. Using multiplanar imaging and c...