Difficult airway management after carotid endarterectomy: utility and limitations of the Laryngeal Mask Airway.

Publication/Presentation Date

5-1-2007

Abstract

This case series details successful management of life-threatening airway obstruction after carotid endarterectomy. In the first case, ventilation was restored with a Laryngeal Mask Airway. In the second case, laryngeal mask airway rescue was unsuccessful, necessitating percutaneous transtracheal jet ventilation and subsequent endotracheal intubation with direct laryngoscopy.

Volume

19

Issue

3

First Page

218

Last Page

221

ISSN

0952-8180

Disciplines

Anesthesiology | Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

17531732

Department(s)

Department of Anesthesiology

Document Type

Article

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