Airway management in prone position with an intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway.
The prone position impairs the ability for endotracheal intubation by direct laryngoscopy. We describe the airway management of a 25-year-old woman with an extensive open wound over her back and fractured pelvis. She was treated in the prone position and was scheduled for debridement of her wound with skin grafting during general anesthesia. Her trachea was successfully intubated on the first attempt using an intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway while she was in the prone position.
Agrawal
Sanjay
S
Department of Anesthesia, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun 248140, India. drumstix1972@yahoo.co.in
Sharma
Jagdish P
JP
Jindal
Parul
P
Sharma
Uttam C
UC
Rajan
Manu
M
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D016684:Prone Position