DECEMBER 4, 2023

Difficult TEE Probe Insertion Requiring Nasal Fiberoptic Guidance

John Le, MD

Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor

Department of Anesthesiology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Sylmar, Calif.

Eric Zhang, MD

Resident Physician
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas

Karen Sibert, MD

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) probes are routinely placed without visual guidance or complications. Complication rates have been reported to be as low as 0.2%, and may include odynophagia, injury to the

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