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Surgical Approaches to Airway Management

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Securing the airway control through surgical techniques in an emergency has been illustrated in India and Egypt about 2500 years ago. In early twentieth century, Chevaliar Jackson described the technical details of tracheostomy. In the current era, almost all the algorithms dealing with difficult airway recommend that cricothyrotomy is the ideal and life-saving procedure and acts as the last resort in “cannot intubate, cannot ventilate” situation that may occur in variety of clinical settings both in and outside the hospital. The appropriate equipment should be available all the times, especially if the difficult airway is anticipated. Since the surgical airway is mostly accomplished in an emergency for difficult airway control, a detailed knowledge of anatomical landmarks, as well as thoroughly learnt and meticulously practiced techniques is a must before performing the procedure for successful outcome.

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Malhotra, S.K. (2014). Surgical Approaches to Airway Management. In: Khan, Z. (eds) Airway Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08578-4_14

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