title: Use of the fibreoptic intubating LMA-CTrach in two patients with difficult airways.
abstract: We report two patients with difficult airways who underwent tracheal intubation using the new fibreoptic intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway CTrach. The imaging technology of the LMA-CTrach was decisive in the management of these two patients. The first patient had lingual tonsillar hyperplasia, and an omega-shaped retroflexed epiglottis. The second patient had a C2-occipital fusion and was completely unable to extend her head. Given the anatomical difficulties encountered, it was likely that intubation would have been difficult or impossible through the LMA-Fastrach. The aim of this report is to describe the successful use of this new intubating laryngeal mask airway in these two challenging patients.
authors.affiliation: Department Anaesthesiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, 98195, USA. agoldman@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Rosenblatt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D014059:Tongue