Open AccessAirway management of palatoglossal bands – A challenge to an anaesthesiologist
Author(s) -
Vandana Pandey,
Vaishali Waindeskar,
Rishi Katiyar,
Sanjay Agrawal
Publication year - 2019
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/sja.sja_677_18
Subject(s) - medicine , airway management , respiratory distress , intensive care medicine , laryngoscopy , intervention (counseling) , airway , acute respiratory distress , intubation , surgery , lung , nursing
Palatoglossal bands are one of the very rare congenital anomaly with very few documented cases worldwide. They can present with respiratory distress which requires immediate surgical intervention, or with feeding difficulties. The management of such a patient is a challenge to any anaesthesiologist because of inability to perform conventional laryngoscopy and associated cardiac or digital anomalies. We discuss here the management of such an infant who presented at 18 months with feeding difficulties.