title: Airway management in an infant with congenital centrofacial dysgenesia.
abstract: The use of a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) on two occasions, in a 53-day-old and 270-day-old male infant with Tessier N.3 and N.4 facial defects, using sedation and topical anaesthesia is described. The LMA was used to manage the airway and facilitate inhalation induction of anaesthesia as the facial deformities were thought to be too extensive for the safe use of a facemask. The LMA is an alternative to a facemask and secures the airway and facilitates the inhalation induction of anaesthesia in paediatric patients with severe facial deformities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, A.S.L. Città di Bologna, Ospedale Bellaria-C.A. Pizzardi, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carenzi
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Corso
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stellino
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Carlino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tonini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rossini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gentili
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D019767:Maxillofacial Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures