Limited availability airway management equipment such as a nasofibroscopy presents a challenge, and requires the use of other techniques. The interest of our study: Show the importance of capnography and ultrasound during Difficult blind nasotracheal intubation. Patient aged 19, with no particular pathological history, with ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint following trauma to the temporomandibular joint neglected mandible at the age of 6 years. The use of ultrasound plays an important role in its applications in radiology diagnostic and interventional, ultrasound has been used successfully in several applications related to the respiratory tract. It was used to confirm endotracheal intubation, position the endotracheal tube after intubation, assess vocal cord movement and diagnose endotracheal intubation and pneumothorax.
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