Anesthetic management for a patient with severe mento-sternal contracture: difficult airway and scarce venous access -A case report-

Abstract

There are many problems in the anesthetic management of patients with scar contracture. In this case, a 41-year-old male with severe scar contracture on his face, neck, anterior chest, and both shoulders underwent surgery for resurfacing with flaps. We tried to awake fiberoptic orotracheal intubation with GlideScope® Video laryngoscope guide after surgical release of contracture under local anesthesia. We report a successful management of a patient with severe burn contracture achieved by combined effort of surgeons and anesthesiologists.

Keywords

• awake fiberoptic intubation
• burn contracture
• video laryngoscope