Successful Retrograde Intubation After Failed Fiberoptic Intubation and Percutaneous Cricothyrotomy

In cases of supraglottic and subglottic narrowing or mass lesions, retrograde intubation can be a life-saving technique that is an important consideration in the difficult airway algorithm. This technique may be combined with other difficult airway techniques and is especially relevant and potentially life-saving for patients in whom an open cricothyrotomy is undesirable, such as patients with a potentially vascular neck mass, subglottic stenosis, localized neck trauma, or morbid obesity.