A successful airway management using laryngeal mask airway assisted distal tracheal intubation in patients with severe tracheal stenosis-a case report

作者：Seo Hyungseok; Moon Eun-Jin; Choi Yong-Heon; Chung Jun-Young; Kim Dae-Hyun; Yi Jae-Woo^*; Lee Bong-Jae

来源：International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 2018, 11(3): 2757-2760.

• Tracheal stenosis
• airway
• laryngeal mask airway

We report a successful airway management in a patient with severe tracheal stenosis using the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) assisted technique. After anesthesia induction, the patient was temporarily ventilated with LMA, and tracheal intubation was performed distal to the stenotic lesion. After tracheal anastomosis was achieved, a tracheal tube was inserted through the LMA. Finally, the tracheal tube was replaced with an LMA to allow for fiber-optic bronchoscopy to visualize the anastomosis site. We demonstrated that LMA can be a less invasive and useful conduit for temporary ventilation before tracheal intubation, or bronchoscopy in tracheal reconstruction surgery.

• 出版日期2018