Ca Cheek-Difficult to Ventilate and Intubate for Emergency Exploratory Laparotomy, Lightwand as a Rescue Technique - Abstract
The anaesthetic management of patient with craniofacial pathology often presents unique challenges because soft tissue and bony abnormities can affect the airway and influence airway management. In emergency cases having difficult airway it’s always a dilemma how to go about the case but in our case of Ca cheek with difficult to ventilate and intubate posted for emergency E-lap, we use Lightwand as a intubating
aid successfully. They all had a laryngeal view of Cormack–Lehane grade IV and were impossible to intubate using direct laryngoscopy. We consider that lightwand guided intubation technique may be a useful alternative approach to fibreoptic intubation technique in managing the emergency difficult airway.