Open AccessFailure of an I‐gel device after use as a conduit for fibreoptic intubation
Author(s) -
Sullivan Gavin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
anaesthesia cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2396-8397
DOI - 10.21466/ac.foaidau.2016
Subject(s) - medicine , electrical conduit , intubation , surgery , anesthesia , adverse effect , noninvasive ventilation , mechanical ventilation , engineering , mechanical engineering
Summary A 55 year old ASA physical status 1 male presenting for reversal of hartmann's procedure was intubated fibreoptically via an Igel (Intersurgical) supraglottic airway device. The 15mm connector was found to have fractured at the end of the case, requiring removal of the device and conversion to face mask ventilation. The patient had no adverse outcome and recovered uneventfully.