Submental endotracheal intubation in craniomaxillofacial trauma. Technical note
Labbé, D.; Kaluzinski, E.; Badie-Modiri, B.; Rakotonirina, N.; Berenger, C.
Annales de Chirurgie Plastique et Esthetique 43(3): 248-251
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0294-1260 PMID: 9768067 Document Number: 492784
Submental intubation is a new technique of oroendotracheal intubation in patients with facial fracture requiring jaw control, associated with skull base fracture. First described by Altemir in 1986, the simplicity of this procedure and its minimal scar traces lead the authors to prefer it to tracheostomy in patients who do not need endotracheal intubation for more than 48 hours.