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[Unilateral nasal obstruction,. An unusual complication of nasotracheal intubation]
E Wiel1, B Vilette, H Rahmania
1Département d'anesthésie-réanimation chirurgicale II, hôpital Claude-Huriez, CHRU Lille, France.
Annales Francaises D'Anesthesie Et De Reanimation
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
Partial avulsion of the middle turbinate is an unusual complication of nasotracheal intubation, while minor nasal mucosal trauma is common. We report a case in a 25 year-old healthy-woman, diagnosed four years after nasotracheal intubation for removal of wisdom teeth under general anaesthesia, consisting in a unilateral nasal obstruction related to partial avulsion of the middle turbinate.