title: [One case of the basilar invagination that prevented tracheal intubation by Airway Scope].
abstract: Airway Scope (AWS, Pentax, Tokyo, Japan) is a very useful intubation assistance tool in the case where intubation is difficult with normal Macintosh laryngoscope. In this case, the operation was planned by general anesthesia in a patient with basilar invagination. We decided to intubate the patient using AWS because difficult tracheal intubation was expected. However, glottis was not confirmed even with AWS in the oral cavity, and we could not intubate with AWS. Therefore, we used a fiberscope, and endotracheal intubation was successful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa 359-8513.
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitai
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shizukuishi
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Tomiei
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazama
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D019291:Skull Base / Q000293:injuries*