Endotracheal intubation using percutaneous retrograde guidewire insertion followed by antegrade fiberoptic bronchoscopy.

Although endotracheal intubation can usually be performed readily by many medical and paramedical personnel, it may be very difficult in situations such as trauma, hemorrhage, or deformity. We inserted an endotracheal tube over a retrograde guidewire in a patient with a cervical deformity. Published reports of retrograde intubation are reviewed.