| Literature DB >> 15764626 |
C-M Ho1, I-W Yin, K-F Tsou, L-H Chow, S-K Tsai.
Abstract
An 86-yr-old man with recurrent laryngeal carcinoma developed gastric rupture after awake fibreoptic intubation before induction of general anaesthesia. Early clinical signs included a distended, tense and tympanic abdomen with pain and massive pneumoperitoneum (chest radiograph). Laparotomy revealed a 4-cm longitudinal perforation along the lesser curvature of the stomach. This case represents a rare but severe complication that may occur during fibreoptic intubation in the awake patient.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15764626 DOI： 10.1093/bja/aei124
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Anaesth ISSN： 0007-0912 Impact factor: 9.166