Laryngotracheo-oesophageal cleft in an infant: airway management during bronchoscopy.
A case of laryngotracheo-oesophageal cleft scheduled for bronchoscopy and repair is described. The authors highlight the difficulties of bronchoscopy in such a patient and suggest simple manoeuvres to negotiate the rigid bronchoscope into the trachea.
Singh
Baljit
B
Department of Anaesthesiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi 110 001, India. dr_baljit@yahoo.com
Balasubramaniam
Sangeeta
S
Choudhury
Roy
R
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities*