Asymptomatic vallecular cyst: airway management considerations
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A Novel Rescue Technique for Difficult Intubation and Difficult Ventilation
Published on: January 18, 2011
1Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
Abstract:
Airway problems are easiest to manage when they are anticipated. Difficult intubation might, however, occur in patients with no obvious signs or symptoms suggesting airway difficulty. We describe a case where laryngeal inlet was obscured by a large vallecular cyst that was discovered during rapid-sequence induction of general anesthesia, causing difficulty in tracheal intubation. Once the patient was allowed to recover from general anesthesia, the trachea could be safely intubated using a fiberoptic bronchoscope.
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