Overnight endotracheal intubation in patients who have free-flap reconstruction of the head and neck: a cautionary note

Overnight intubation, which avoids the need for tracheostomy in patients who have operations for cancer of the head and neck, has increased in popularity in the United Kingdom since initial reports of the Gloucester experience in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.1 We have adopted overnight intubation as part of an improved recovery protocol in our own unit, with positive results.

Source: The British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - June 26, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: C.J. Henry, M. Halligan, A. Bozic, C.P. Barry Tags: Technical note Source Type: research