Management of Postoperative Problems
problems. Routine dentoalveolar -surgery is unlikely to cause airway compromise unless a condition suchas Ludwig’soangina is present. However, patients in 110man endotracheal tube has been placed during genetal
anesthesia .are at risk for postextubation (l.e., after removal ‘of the endotracheal tube) airway narrowing or obstruction, which is caused by trauma to mucosa of the upper respiratory tract that produces edema. The
narrowest portion of the upper respiratory tract is the
