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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0484-7903</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de anestesiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. anestesiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0484-7903</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Anestesiología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0484-79032025000400266</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/121404</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Intubación submentoniana: abordaje alternativo en fractura Le Fort III con fijación intermaxilar. Reporte de un caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Submental intubation: alternative approach in Le Fort III fracture with intermaxillary fixation. Case report]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pola-Méndez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mirtha Nayeli]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez-Aguilar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eliezer Andrés]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vázquez-Moreno]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rosario]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Santos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Virginia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General «María Ignacia Gandulfo»  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Comitán Chiapas]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General «María Ignacia Gandulfo» Servicio de Anestesiología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Comitán Chiapas]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>48</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>266</fpage>
<lpage>269</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0484-79032025000400266&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0484-79032025000400266&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0484-79032025000400266&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Introducción:  la intubación submentoniana se considera un abordaje alternativo que resulta rápido y seguro en procedimientos quirúrgicos cuando el paciente presenta contraindicación para realizar una intubación nasotraqueal y cuando no puede realizarse intubación orotraqueal debido a la presencia de fijación intermaxilar.  Reporte de caso:  se expone el caso clínico de un paciente que presentó accidente en motocicleta y fractura Le Fort III, por lo que ameritó intubación submentoniana para tratamiento quirúrgico.  Conclusión:  la intubación submentoniana se considera una técnica de fácil acceso para procedimientos en los que se presentan problemas de la vía aérea como fracturas del macizo facial, siendo una alternativa con menor índice de morbilidad a la traqueostomía.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Introduction:  submental intubation is considered an alternative approach that is fast and safe in surgical procedures when the patient presents contraindication to perform a nasotracheal intubation and when orotracheal intubation cannot be performed due to the presence of intermaxillary fixation.  Case report:  clinical case of a patient who presented motorcycle accident and fracture le fort III is exposed, so it merited submental intubation for surgical treatment.  Conclusion:  submental intubation is considered an easily accessible technique for procedures in which airway problems such as fractures of the facial massif being an alternative with airway management, maxillofacial surgery, Le Fort III fracture.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[intubación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[intubación submentoniana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[manejo de la vía aérea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cirugía maxilofacial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fractura Le Fort III]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[intubation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[submental intubation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[airway management]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[maxillofacial surgery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Le Fort III fracture]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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