Indian Journal of Anaesthesia (Jan 2012)

Airtraq® optical laryngoscope for tracheal intubation in patients with severe ankylosing spondylitis: A report of two cases

  • Qazi Ehsan Ali,
  • Syed Hussain Amir,
  • Obaid Ahmed Siddiqui,
  • Abu Nadeem,
  • Abdulla Zoheb Azhar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.96332
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 56, no. 2
pp. 165 – 167

Abstract

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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.

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