title: An adult patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome presenting for repeat operation: a cautionary tale of the GlideScope.
abstract: The introduction of video laryngoscopes has increased the success of intubating the difficult airway. However, failures have been reported in the literature that are associated with certain patient characteristics. Klippel-Feil Syndrome is a condition that typically presents with decreased cervical spine motion, a characteristic that has been associated with GlideScope failure. After an uneventful first anesthetic, a case of a near impossible-to-intubate occurred in a patient with Klippel-Feil Syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. Andrew.serdiuk@moffitt.org
authors.forename: Andrew A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Serdiuk
authors.forename: Voytek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bosek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D007714:Klippel-Feil Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D014741:Video Recording