Airway management using the ProSeal laryngeal mask airway in a child with Goldenhar syndrome.
Children with congenital anomalies such as Goldenhar syndrome affecting the airway can be a problem for the anaesthesiologist. We present the case of an 18 month-old child with Goldenhar syndrome, in whom the ProSeal Laryngeal Mask Airway was successfully used for inguinal hernia surgery.
Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Medical Faculty, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
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MS
Aydogan
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Z
Begec
M A
MA
Erdogan
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A
Yücel
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MO
Ersoy
D058109:Airway Management / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006053:Goldenhar Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male