Unforeseen complications: towel clip-induced pilot balloon injury resulting in endotracheal tube cuff leak during surgery

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Nivedita (Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)) ;
Amit Kumar Sharma (Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)) ;
Varun Singla (Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)) ;
Apurva Gupta (Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)) ;
Rajani Kant Kumar (Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER))

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