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A Novel Rescue Technique for Difficult Intubation and Difficult Ventilation
Published on: January 18, 2011
[Blind orotracheal intubation using Trachilight in a pediatric patient with Arnold-Chiari malformation]
1Department of Anesthesia, Sano Kousei General Hospital.
Abstract:
We used Trachilight for orotracheal intubation in an 11-year-old boy with severe cervical abnormality caused by Arnold-Chiari malformation. Anesthesia was induced with intravenous propofol, fentanyl and ketamine, and tracheal intubation was successfully performed with this device using intravenous vecuronium. The patient underwent suboccipital decompression, C-1 laminectomy and duraplasty in the prone position under general anesthesia. The peroperative course was uneventful. We conclude that Trachilight is useful for orotracheal intubation in a patient with Arnold-Chiari malformation.
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