Airway management during microlaryngoscopic surgery with a Frova airway intubation catheter.
We present a case of microlaryngoscopic surgery for excision of a large vocal cord polyp in which a Frova airway intubation catheter, also commonly called a Cook's single-use bougie, was used to optimize surgical access. We describe here the technique and its advantages.
Dravid
Ravindra M
RM
Kettering General Hospital, Kettering NN16 8UZ, UK. ravid09@yahoo.co.uk
Chekairi
Ahmed
A
Al-Shaikh
Salim
S
D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011127:Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000601:surgery*