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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Research">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Research</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2345-5489</Issn>
      <Volume>6</Volume>
      <Issue>2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>13</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Retrograde fiberoptic intubation</title>
    <FirstPage>80</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>84</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Babak</FirstName>
        <LastName>Babakhani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Moharrami</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Craniomaxillofacial Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Amir</FirstName>
        <LastName>Abbasi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Craniomaxillofacial Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AND Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>09</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>09</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">This technical note aims to introduce a new approach for intubation of patients with restricted 
mouth opening in cases that conventional and fiberoptic-assisted endotracheal intubation are not 
possible. The proposed technique is a modification to the previously well-established retrograde 
intubation method. The main advantage of this new technique is the employment of fiberscope for 
direct visualization which eliminates the use of guide wire. The endotracheal tube enters through 
the nostril and is railroaded using the fiberscope as a guide. Using this new technique can prevent 
the complications of tracheostomy and the traditional retrograde intubation in patients that anterograde 
intubation is not feasible. The promising result of conducting the intubation with this 
approach can be considered the basis for future clinical investigation. 
Keywords: Fiberscope; Modified retrograde intubation; Direct visualization.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jcr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jcr/article/view/297</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://jcr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jcr/article/download/297/266</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
