CORRESPONDENCE: OUR EXPERIENCE
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The most common aetiology of Glidescopeâ injury is intubation technique errors. Injuries are generally located on the right aspect of the soft palate and present with haemorrhage. Otorhinologic consultation and conservative therapy are the mainstay for managing iatrogenic penetrating oropharyngeal trauma.
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Conflict of interest
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References 1 Sun D.A., Warriner C.B., Parsons D.G. et al. (2005) The GlideScope Video Laryngoscope: randomized clinical trial in 200 patients. Br. J. Anaesth. 94, 381–384 2 Sakles J.C., Mosier J.M., Chiu S. et al. (2012) Tracheal intubation in the emergency department: a comparison of GlideScopeâvideo
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laryngoscopy to direct laryngoscopy in 822 intubations. J. Emerg. Med. 42, 400–405 Griesdale D.E., Liu D., McKinney J. et al. (2012) GlideScopeâ videolaryngoscopy for endotracheal intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Can. J. Anaesth. 59, 41–52 Jones P.M., Turkstra T.P., Armstrong K.P. et al. (2007) Effect of stylet angulation and endotracheal tube camber on time to intubation with the GlideScope â. Can. J. Anaesth. 54, 1 Cooper R.M. (2007) Complications associated with the use of GlideScope â videolaryngoscope. Can. J. Anaesth. 54, 1 Hsu W., Hsu S., Lee Y. et al. (2007) Letters to the editor: penetrating injury of the soft palate during GlideScopeâ intubation. Anesth. Analg. 104, 1609–1610 Hsu W., Tsao S., Chen K. et al. (2008) Penetrating injury of the palatoglossal arch associated with use of the GlideScopeâ videolaryngoscope in a flame burn patient. Acta Anaesthesiol. Taiwan. 46, 39–41 Vincent R.D., Wimberly M.P., Brockwel R.C. et al. (2007) Soft palate perforation during orotracheal intubation facilitated by the GlideScope videolaryngoscope. J. Clin. Anesth. 19, 619–621 Leong W.L., Lim Y. & Sia A.T. (2008) Palatopharyngeal wall perforation during GlideScope intubation. Anaesth. Intensive Care 36, 870–874
Surgical treatment of carotid body tumour: a report of 39 cases and a new classification of carotid body tumour: Our Experience Ma, Y.,*†1 Huang, D.,*1 Liu, L.,† Xiang, M.,‡ Oghagbon, E.K.§ & Zhai, S.* *Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, †Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, ‡School of Science, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, UK, and §Department of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Basic & Allied Medical Sciences, College of Heath Sciences, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria Accepted for publication 3 June 2014
Dear Editor, Carotid body tumour, first described by von Heller in 1743, is usually located at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery.1 This tumour which is not very common in clinical practice, belongs to the paragangliomas, a group that accounts for
254 Correspondence
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The most common aetiology of Glidescopeâ injury is intubation technique errors. Injuries are generally located on the right aspect of the soft palate and present with haemorrhage. Otorhinologic consultation and conservative therapy are the mainstay for managing iatrogenic penetrating oropharyngeal trauma.
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Conflict of interest
None to declare.
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References 1 Sun D.A., Warriner C.B., Parsons D.G. et al. (2005) The GlideScope Video Laryngoscope: randomized clinical trial in 200 patients. Br. J. Anaesth. 94, 381–384 2 Sakles J.C., Mosier J.M., Chiu S. et al. (2012) Tracheal intubation in the emergency department: a comparison of GlideScopeâvideo
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laryngoscopy to direct laryngoscopy in 822 intubations. J. Emerg. Med. 42, 400–405 Griesdale D.E., Liu D., McKinney J. et al. (2012) GlideScopeâ videolaryngoscopy for endotracheal intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Can. J. Anaesth. 59, 41–52 Jones P.M., Turkstra T.P., Armstrong K.P. et al. (2007) Effect of stylet angulation and endotracheal tube camber on time to intubation with the GlideScope â. Can. J. Anaesth. 54, 1 Cooper R.M. (2007) Complications associated with the use of GlideScope â videolaryngoscope. Can. J. Anaesth. 54, 1 Hsu W., Hsu S., Lee Y. et al. (2007) Letters to the editor: penetrating injury of the soft palate during GlideScopeâ intubation. Anesth. Analg. 104, 1609–1610 Hsu W., Tsao S., Chen K. et al. (2008) Penetrating injury of the palatoglossal arch associated with use of the GlideScopeâ videolaryngoscope in a flame burn patient. Acta Anaesthesiol. Taiwan. 46, 39–41 Vincent R.D., Wimberly M.P., Brockwel R.C. et al. (2007) Soft palate perforation during orotracheal intubation facilitated by the GlideScope videolaryngoscope. J. Clin. Anesth. 19, 619–621 Leong W.L., Lim Y. & Sia A.T. (2008) Palatopharyngeal wall perforation during GlideScope intubation. Anaesth. Intensive Care 36, 870–874
Surgical treatment of carotid body tumour: a report of 39 cases and a new classification of carotid body tumour: Our Experience Ma, Y.,*†1 Huang, D.,*1 Liu, L.,† Xiang, M.,‡ Oghagbon, E.K.§ & Zhai, S.* *Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, †Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, ‡School of Science, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, UK, and §Department of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Basic & Allied Medical Sciences, College of Heath Sciences, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria Accepted for publication 3 June 2014
Dear Editor, Carotid body tumour, first described by von Heller in 1743, is usually located at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery.1 This tumour which is not very common in clinical practice, belongs to the paragangliomas, a group that accounts for
