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AUGUST 31, 2016

Intubating a Cancer Patient With Facial Deformities

Chakravarthy Joel Jacob, MBBS, MD
Consultant
Bangalore Baptist Hospital
Bangalore, India
Dr Jacob reported no relevant financial disclosures.
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Figure. Two views of deformity on the left side of the patient’s face.

Case Description

A 38-year-old man presented with metastatic cancer in the right cervical lymph nodes. The patient had undergone tracheostomy under local anesthesia followed by left partial maxillectomy, left mandibulectomy with supra-omohyoid neck dissection, and anterolateral thigh