title: [Tracheal Intubation via the i-gel and the Aintree Intubation Catheter in a Patient with Unexpected Difficult Intubation].
abstract: A 64-year-old man was scheduled for radical sinus operation. Preoperatively, we did not expect difficult airway. We induced general anesthesia, and ventilation via facemask was adequate, but tracheal intubation using a Macintosh laryngoscope was difficult (Cormack-Lehane classification III). We inserted the i-gel, and a fiberoptic bronchoscope covered with the Aintree Intubation Catheter (AIC), was passed through the i-gel to the trachea. We removed i-gel and fiberscope, leaving the AIC in place, and could easily advance a reinforced tube over the AIC into the trachea. Fiberoptic tracheal intubation via the i-gel and AIC is useful in a patient with difficult intubation.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: Takero
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okuda
mesh_terms: D057785:Catheters; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged