What Are The Tips For Operating Balloon Catheters

Balloon catheter technology is an interventional technology developed in the middle of the last century, which has positive therapeutic effects on congenital esophageal stenosis, postoperative anastomosis stenosis, chemical burn stenosis, simple scarring stenosis after tumor radiotherapy, peptic stricture, and achalasia. What are the tips for the operation of a well-serviced balloon catheter, share below.
(1) Anterior paralysis nostril technique
Anterior balloon catheter and up and down pulling, moving the catheter can easily cause nasal mucosal pain, sneezing and other discomfort, affecting the intubation process, so a cotton swab dipped in tetracaine can be used for nasal local mucosal anesthesia before intubation. However, anaesthesia may be considered in patients with nasopharyngeal hypothesia or loss.
(2) Combination of techniques
For patients with delayed cricopharyngeal muscle loss after brainstem injury and in children who cooperate with it, active or auxiliary and active can be used; Patients with benign stenosis after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma are mostly passive or active and passive. Generally, balloon catheters can be used through the nose, and oral can be used if the patient has lost gag reflex, nasal obstruction, and damage.
(3) Tips for water injection
Patients with cricopharyngeal achalasia caused by brainstem injury, the more water injection of the balloon catheter, the better, to swallow the action is easy to lead out as the standard, the laryngeal weakness, the operator needs to put the finger on the hyoid bone for suggestive or resistance movement, can be combined with swallowing manipulation training, such as balloon catheter loosening and supraglottic swallowing and other manipulations.
(4) Techniques for patients with air dissection
Patients with cannula of balloon catheter should undergo laryngeal endoscopy before necessary to confirm whether there are progressive organic lesions, structural abnormalities, edema and other patients in the tongue, soft palate, and throat, and if necessary, do corresponding treatment after operation. The balloon should not be overfilled with a well-serviced balloon catheter.