title: [Blind orotracheal intubation using Trachilight in a pediatric patient with Arnold-Chiari malformation].
abstract: We used Trachilight for orotracheal intubation in an 11-year-old boy with severe cervical abnormality caused by Arnold-Chiari malformation. Anesthesia was induced with intravenous propofol, fentanyl and ketamine, and tracheal intubation was successfully performed with this device using intravenous vecuronium. The patient underwent suboccipital decompression, C-1 laminectomy and duraplasty in the prone position under general anesthesia. The peroperative course was uneventful. We conclude that Trachilight is useful for orotracheal intubation in a patient with Arnold-Chiari malformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Sano Kousei General Hospital.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kakinuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male