Laryngeal mask airway guided fibreoptic tracheal intubation in a child with a lingual thyroglossal duct cyst.
The establishment of a tracheal airway with direct laryngoscopy can either be difficult or impossible in children with airway pathology. Multiple direct laryngoscopic attempts cause oedema and/or bleeding with subsequent difficult ventilation. The techniques utilizing the laryngeal mask airway (LMATM) and the fibreoptic bronchoscope have been reported. The case of a child with lingual thyroglossal duct cyst in which the LMA was useful to secure the airway and as a conduit for fibreoptic tracheal intubation is reported.
Yang
Sin Young
SY
Department of Anesthesiology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea. scson@cnu.ac.kr
Son
Soo Chang
SC
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014719:Vesicovaginal Fistula / Q000601:surgery