Airtraq(®) optical laryngoscope for tracheal intubation in patients with severe ankylosing spondylitis: A report of two cases.
Airway management in patients of ankylosing spondylitis remains a challenge for anaesthesiologists. Many new airway devices have been used for securing airway in these patients. The Airtraq(®) optical laryngoscope is one of the new rigid laryngoscopes with a proximal view finder that reflects an image transferred from the distal tip of the blade through a series of lenses, prisms and mirrors. We report two cases of ankylosing spondylitis who were scheduled for total hip replacement and subtotal thyroidectomy and were successfully intubated using the Airtraq(®) laryngoscope.
Department of Anaesthesiology, Jawahaharlal Nehru Medical College, A.M.U., Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Qazi Ehsan
QE
Ali
Syed Hussain
SH
Amir
Obaid Ahmed
OA
Siddiqui
Abu
A
Nadeem
Abdulla Zoheb
AZ
Azhar