[Use of the i-gel laryngeal mask for management of a difficult airway].
The authors report on the airway management during induction of general anaesthesia in a patient with known difficulties with intubation. After failed optimized attempts at direct laryngoscopy ventilation was secured with the new single-use laryngeal mask i-gel. The special construction of the i-gel allowed the fiber optic confirmation of a good view of the glottis and trachea, allowing successful fiber optic-guided intubation of the trachea using a size 6 mm cuffed tracheal tube.
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Institut für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Krankenhaus Bad Oeynhausen, Wielandstrasse 28, 32545, Bad Oeynhausen, Deutschland. emmerich@khbo.de
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005931:Glottis / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D014132:Trachea / Q000033:anatomy & histology