An Innovative Technique to Prevent Air Leaks from Cervical Esophagostomy during Face Mask Ventilation

• Main Authors: Shreya Shah (Author), Prabudh Goel (Author), Kanika Sharma (Author), Teg Rabab Singh (Author), Puneet Khanna (Author), Rajeshwari Subramaniam (Author), Vishesh Jain (Author), Anjan Kumar Dhua (Author), Devendra Kumar Yadav (Author), Minu Bajpai (Author), Sandeep Agarwala (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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During face mask ventilation, invariably, some air enters the esophagus rather than the airways; this results in gastric insufflation while the esophagus is intact or loss of tidal volume in patients with a cervical esophagostomy (Cx-esophagostomy). OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to repor...