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Besides that, it also retracted the soft tissue and prevented direct contact between the tube and the soft tissue. Among the reported complications are superficial skin infections, damage to the tube apparatus, fistula formation, right mainstem bronchus tube dislodgement/obstruction, hypertrophic scarring or keloid, accidental extubation in pediatric patients, excessive bronchial flexion, transient lingual nerve paresthesia, venous bleeding, mucocele and dislodgement of throat pack sticker in the submental wound [2]. No Gender Age Diagnosis Surgery Technique of exteriorization Complication (s) 1 Male 16 Le Fort I and Le Fort II fracture ORIF Nasal speculum Nil 2 Male 29 Nasal bone fracture, fracture of right zygomatic complex, fracture of right body and left parasymphysis of mandible ORIF Copper malleable retractor Nil 3 Male 19 Base of skull, fracture of left zygomatic complex, Le Fort I fracture ORIF Nasal speculum Nil 4 Male 31 Base of skull fracture, fracture of right parasymphysis of mandible ORIF Nasal speculum Nil 5 Female 23 Base of skull fracture, bilateral zygomatic complex fracture, Le Fort I fracture with split palate, fracture of bilateral condyles and comminuted right parasymphysis of mandible ORIF Double curved artery forceps Keloid 6 Male 28 Base of skull fracture, left frontal bone fracture, fracture of left zygomatic complex, Le Fort I fracture with split palate, fracture left parasymphysis of mandible ORIF Double curved artery forceps Nil 7 Male 27 Le Fort II fracture, bilateral zygomatic complex fracture, fracture right parasymphysis of mandible ORIF Double curved artery forceps Nil Table 1 Summary of patients' undergone submental intubation.