A Broken Arrow: a rare complication of Endotracheal tube introducer

Complications from endotracheal tube introducer are rare and mostly involved mechanical trauma to airway structures. We report a rare complication while using endotracheal tube introducer during difficult airway management, which, we believed it was fragile after repeated sterilization. Letter to the editor The endotracheal tube introducer (ETI) is an inexpensive adjunct for managing difficult airway that is effective and easy to use. Nowadays, ETI is widely used by emergency physicians and anesthesiologists during endotracheal tube intubation. Complications from ETI are rare and mostly involved mechanical trauma to airway structures. By our own experience, we report a rare complication from ETI during difficult airway management