Difficult airway management in an infant with bilateral tessier number 4 cleft

Ramachandran, R.; Rewari, V.; Kumar, A.

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica 65(2): 77-80

2014


ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5164
PMID: 25223167
Document Number: 671730
This case report describes the airway management of three month old child presenting with a severe facial congenital malformation, a bilateral Tessier number 4 cleft, and scheduled to undergo benign eye surgery. The use of a conventional laryngeal mask allowed successful management, despite the severity of the facial abnormality. This case is then discussed at the light of the literature.

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