title: Use of the intubating laryngeal mask airway in a case of ankylosing spondylitis for coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: The intubating laryngeal mask airway is a modification of the conventional laryngeal mask and is used as a tool for difficult intubation. It can be inserted without placing the head and neck in the Magill position and has been used successfully in cervical spine injuries. Reported is a case of successful insertion of the intubating laryngeal mask and subsequent intubation through it in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis with cervical involvement resulting in a fixed flexion deformity who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting.
authors.affiliation: rovanja@vsnl.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: D'Mello
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pagedar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Butani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kurkal
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pandey
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology