title: [Orotracheal intubation of patients with acromegaly using the AirTraq laryngoscope].
abstract: An excess of growth hormone is responsible for the phenotypical characteristics of acromegaly. Tissue hypertrophy and growth also affect the airway, potentially making perioperative management difficult. If tests to foresee the likelihood of difficult airway have limitations affecting their sensitivity, specificity and predictive value even in the normal population, their reliability in patients with acromegaly is still more doubtful. At this time, videoassisted or optical laryngoscopes can offer a way to facilitate intubation in these patients. We report 3 cases in which the AirTraq optical laryngoscope was used to gain a full view of the vocal cords in acromegalic patients scheduled for pituitary surgery by the transsphenoidal route.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiologia, Reanimación y Terapia del Dolor, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarra. mcastapas@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castañeda Pascual
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Navarro García
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Batllori Gastón
authors.forename: María P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Anadón Senac
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arrondo Nicolás
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Martín Vizcaíno
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged