Airway management of a patient with severe post burn mento-sternal contracture: A novel approach
2017
Abstract Airway management in patients with severe post burn mentosternal contracture is always a challenge for the anaesthesiologist. Difficulty in intubation occurs due to contracture and fixed flexion deformity of the neck resulting in nonalignment of oropharyngeal and laryngeal axis. We are reporting a case with severe postburn mentosternal contracture in whom endotracheal intubation was done successfully by using a Pro seal Laryngeal Mask Airway without its introducer along with a tube exchanger after a failed awake fibreoptic intubation.
Keywords:
- Correction
- Source
- Cite
- Save
- Machine Reading By IdeaReader
12
References
1
Citations
NaN
KQI