Emergency airway management with a laryngeal mask airway in a patient placed in the prone position.
Accidental extubation of a patient while placed in the prone position is a life-threatening, anesthesia-related complication. We describe a case of accidental extubation of the trachea during spine surgery in a patient placed in the prone position. We successfully managed this emergent problem by inserting a Laryngeal Mask Airway while maintaining the patient in the same position.
Raphael
Jacob
J
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassh University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Rosenthal-Ganon
Tatyana
T
Gozal
Yaacov
Y
D002648:Child; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D019300:Medical Errors; D016684:Prone Position; D013123:Spinal Fusion