title: Management of the Difficult Paediatric Airway with a Simple Fiberoptic-Assisted Laryngoscope: A Report of Two Cases with Pierre Robin and Patau's (Trisomy 13) Syndrome.
abstract: Airway management of children with congenital craniofacial anomalies is a challenge for paediatric anaesthesiologists. We do not have any video-assisted airway device in our department for difficult paediatric intubations. We decided to attach a regular fiberoptic (outer diameter; 3.7 mm, Karl Storz, Germany) scope to a conventional Macintosh Laryngoscope (size 1). We describe two cases of Pierre Robin and Patau's (Trisomy 13) syndrome successfully intubated with a fiberoptic-assisted laryngoscope (FOL). A fiberoptic scope and any size of a laryngoscope blade can be easily assembled in the operating room. The FOL may be a useful device in the setting of difficult paediatric intubation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kılıçaslan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Atilla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Topal
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Karaman State Hospital, Karaman, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tayfun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Et
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şeref
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Otelcioğlu
keywords: Paediatric difficult airway; Patau’s syndrome (trisomy 13); Pierre Robin syndrome; equipment; video laryngoscope