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Fig. 2

From: Repeated tracheal tube damage due to an ultrasonic bone aspirator in Le Fort I osteotomy

Fig. 2

Image of the oral cavity after maxillary osteotomy with nasotracheal intubation. The nasal cavity was separated from the maxillary bone. Passage of the endotracheal tube was just behind the nasal bottom â‘ . At the lateral nasal wall, an approximately 1-cm laceration opened to the nasal cavity â‘¡. Through this laceration, an ultrasonic bone aspirator inadvertently damaged the endotracheal tube

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