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Failure of insertion of a laryngeal mask airway caused by a variation in the anatomy of the thyroid cartilage
Author(s) -
Whittet,
Michelle D. Williams
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00964.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cartilage , abnormality , thyroid , cartilage , larynx , airway , anatomy , thyroidectomy , surgery , psychiatry
We report the failure of insertion of a laryngeal mask airway in a patient with a pre‐operative diagnosis of an abnormality of the superior cornua of the thyroid cartilage. We believe that this is the first time that this reason for failure has been reported.