title: Fluoroscopy assisted tracheal intubation in a case of anticipated difficult airway: Fail safe devices can also fail.
abstract: Difficulty in airway management is the most important cause of major anesthesia-related morbidity and mortality. Unexpected difficulties may arise even with proper preanesthesia planning. Here, we report a case of anticipated difficult airway primarily planned for flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope assisted intubation, but due to unexpected failure of light source, fluoroscopy was used, and the airway was successfully secured.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Appavoo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arulvelan
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroanesthesiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Madhusudhan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soumya
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Kannath
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Santhosh
keywords: Difficult airway; fluoroscope; osteogenesis imperfecta