Awake tracheal intubation in a patient with a supraglottic mass with the Bonfils fibrescope after failed attempts with a flexible fibrescope.
- Author:
Geoffrey LIEW
1
;
Xin Fang LEONG
1
;
Theodore WONG
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords: Bonfils; difficult airway; flexible fibrescope; oropharyngeal cancer
- MeSH: Fiber Optic Technology; Humans; Intubation, Intratracheal; instrumentation; methods; Laryngeal Neoplasms; diagnosis; Laryngoscopes; Laryngoscopy; instrumentation; Male; Middle Aged; Trachea; Tracheostomy; methods; Wakefulness
- From:Singapore medical journal 2015;56(8):e139-41
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
- Abstract: Awake intubation with a flexible fibrescope is usually done electively in patients with a known difficult airway. Herein, we describe the case of an elective awake tracheal intubation that was performed on a patient with a large, obstructive supraglottic mass. The intubation was successfully performed using the Bonfils fibrescope after several failed attempts with a flexible fibrescope. This case highlights the usefulness of the Bonfils fibrescope and the limitations of the flexible fibrescope in certain clinical situations.
