Open AccessFluoroscopy assisted tracheal intubation in a case of anticipated difficult airway: Fail safe devices can also fail
Author(s) -
Appavoo Arulvelan,
Soumya Madhusudhan,
Santhosh Kumar Kannath
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.154739
Subject(s) - medicine , fluoroscopy , airway , intubation , tracheal intubation , airway management , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , surgery
Difficulty in airway management is the most important cause of major anesthesia-related morbidity and mortality. Unexpected difficulties may arise even with proper preanesthesia planning. Here, we report a case of anticipated difficult airway primarily planned for flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope assisted intubation, but due to unexpected failure of light source, fluoroscopy was used, and the airway was successfully secured.