Blood clots in the airway are seen in a variety of underlying disease states. When airway patency cannot be restored using irrigation and suction, usually rigid endoscopy has to be conducted. Cryoextraction offers a method to remove blood clots in flexible intubated patients bedside to bring relief from the obstruction. Time savings result from the possibility to extract blood clots en-bloc. In large casts, cryoextraction can also speed up piecemeal extraction as compared to a bite-by-bite extraction with forceps.
In the present video, Dr. Hari Kishan Gonuguntla from Yashoda Hospitals demonstrates his approach to a large central cast using the flexible single-use 1.7 mm cryoprobe together with the ERBECRYO®2.
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