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KMID : 0356920070520040457
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Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2007 Volume.52 No. 4 p.457 ~ p.460
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Experience of Laryngeal Tube Insertion in a Patient of Expected Difficult Intubation ?A case report?
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Yang Choon-Mo
Lim Young-Su
Cho Choon-Kyu
Kwon Hee-Uk
Kang Po-Soon
Yang Chun-Woo
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Abstract
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Airway management is important during general anesthesia. Difficulty with a direct laryngoscopy can be routinely successfully managed using a laryngeal mask airway. However, a laryngeal mask airway may not be suitable for the patients having a small oral cavity volume or narrow interincisor distance. A 19-year-old man, scheduled for right clavicular fracture had no specific underlying medical problems. However, he had difficultly opening his mouth, and was Mallampati class IV. Also, he had difficultly in extending his neck. Airway management was successfully performed using a laryngeal tube instead of a laryngeal mask airway. The patient was successfully managed, without complications, until the end of the surgery. (Korean J Anesthesiol 2007; 52: 457∼60)
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KEYWORD
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airway management, laryngeal mask airway, laryngeal tube
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