title: The laryngeal mask airway for difficult airway in temporomandibular joint ankylosis--a case report.
abstract: Patients with Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis are among difficult airways and anesthesia and airway management of these patients encounter anesthesiologists with challenge. Herein we report a case of Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis with difficult ventilation after failed attempts to intubate with fibroptic broncoscopy a disposable Laryngeal Mask Airway reestablishes the ventilation. The case suggests that the disposable Laryngeal Mask Airway may be useful in airway management of patients with a Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis.
authors: Department of Anesthesia, faculty of medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
authors: Behzad
authors: B
authors: Ahsan
authors: Ghazal
authors: G
authors: Kamali
authors: Karim
authors: K
authors: Nesseri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D058109:Airway Management / Q000379:methods; D000844:Ankylosis / Q000473:pathology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D004209:Disposable Equipment; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000473:pathology*