title: Complicated airway management in a child with prune-belly syndrome.
abstract: We describe a 15-month-old boy with prune-belly syndrome (PBS) in whom airway management was complicated. Following an inhalation induction using sevoflurane, tracheal intubation by direct laryngoscopy proved impossible after repeated attempts. A laryngeal mask airway (LMAtrade mark) was inserted and the child had an uneventful anaesthetic course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey. sibelbaris@superonline.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bariş
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karakaya
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ustün
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tür
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rizalar
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D008844:Micrognathism / Q000473:pathology; D011535:Prune Belly Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000601:surgery