title: A novel use of nasopharyngeal airway in managing airway leak.
abstract: We report a case of severe maxillofacial injury, who while undergoing later stages of reconstruction surgeries, presented with an inimitable kind of air leak during mask ventilation and its interesting management using a nasopharyngeal airway. The case also enlightens the importance of evaluating the available computed tomography images as a part of preanesthetic check-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Anudeep
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuro-Anaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Gaurav Singh
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Tomar
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuro-Anaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Suman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sokhal
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Nilesh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
keywords: Airway; leak; maxillofacial; nasopharyngeal airway; ventilation