Incidence of traumatic dental injuries associated with orotracheal intubation in general anesthesia in children during mixed dentition in Damascus, Syria: a prospective longitudinal study
Mohammed N Al-Shiekh, Mohamed Altinawi, Bana Darwish, Mawia Karkoutly · 2024
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Mohammed Al-Shiekh and co-authors count tooth injuries from breathing tubes in children under anesthesia, in a 2024 study. Sliding a tube past a child's teeth with a laryngoscope is routine and safe overall, but loose mixed dentition is fragile, and dental injury is among its commonest complications.
The prospective study followed 110 children aged six to twelve having surgery at the University Children's Hospital in Damascus during 2022. Each child's mouth was examined before surgery, watched during it, and rechecked within a day after. The team logged who was hurt, which anesthesia steps were involved, and which mouth features raised the risk. Hard local numbers, they argue, are the first step to prevention checklists that fit children's changing teeth.
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| CREATOR | Mohammed N Al-Shiekh, Mohamed Altinawi, Bana Darwish, Mawia Karkoutly |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |