Open AccessAirtraq® optical laryngoscope for tracheal intubation in patients with severe ankylosing spondylitis: A report of two cases
Author(s) -
Qazi Ehsan Ali,
Syed Hussain Amir,
Obaid Ahmed Siddiqui,
Abu Nadeem,
Abdullah Zoheb Azhar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.96332
Subject(s) - medicine , ankylosing spondylitis , laryngoscopes , airway , endotracheal intubation , intubation , surgery , spondylitis , airway management , anesthesia , tracheal intubation
Airway management in patients of ankylosing spondylitis remains a challenge for anaesthesiologists. Many new airway devices have been used for securing airway in these patients. The Airtraq(®) optical laryngoscope is one of the new rigid laryngoscopes with a proximal view finder that reflects an image transferred from the distal tip of the blade through a series of lenses, prisms and mirrors. We report two cases of ankylosing spondylitis who were scheduled for total hip replacement and subtotal thyroidectomy and were successfully intubated using the Airtraq(®) laryngoscope.