title: Ultrasound-guided bilateral superior laryngeal nerve block to aid awake endotracheal intubation in a patient with cervical spine disease for emergency surgery.
abstract: Ultrasound has been widely used to locate nerves for various nerve blocks. The potential advantages of using ultrasound imaging for nerve blocks include reduction in the amount of local anaesthetic required, improved success rate, reduced time to perform the block and reduced complication rate. We describe the successful performance of ultrasound-guided bilateral superior laryngeal nerve block to facilitate awake fibreoptic intubation in a patient presenting for emergency surgery on the cervical spine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. kanmanisethu@gmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manikandan
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Neema
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rathod
mesh_terms: D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D007823:Laryngeal Nerves; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D014851:Wakefulness
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local