Open AccessUnusual Foreign Body Airway Obstruction After Laryngeal Mask Airway Insertion
Author(s) -
Kajari Roy,
Pankaj Kundra,
M Ravishankar
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/01.ane.0000156220.26900.b8
Subject(s) - medicine , airway , airway obstruction , foreign body , laryngeal mask airway , pharynx , anesthesia , esophagus , larynx , surgery
Airway obstruction during general anesthesia is fairly common. Foreign body causing obstruction of the laryngeal mask airway is uncommon but can confuse the anesthesiologist trying to troubleshoot the cause of inability to ventilate. We present a case of complete airway obstruction with a nematode caught in the vertical bars of the laryngeal mask airway after its insertion.