A simple method to control the distal tip of nasotracheal tube using the surgical suture - A reply

We thank Yang et al. for their letter in response to our article "A novel method to control the distal tip of nasotracheal tube" [1]. Nasotracheal intubation is an established airway management technique in patients undergoing oral and maxilla-facial surgery. The most frequent complication of nasotracheal intubation is nasal mucosal trauma and the incidence of mild to severe epistaxis is reportedly to be about 35.3% when using a conventional tracheal tube (Rusch endotracheal tube) [2]. Yang et al.

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