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Maintaining airway patency during anaesthesia is the primary responsibility of the anaesthesiologist. Apart from anaesthetic agents, there are many factors which influence the pharyngeal patency. Un...

Background: Failure to intubate is one of the dreaded outcomes of airway management. Videolaryngoscopes have the potential to increase intubation success by overcoming the shortcomings of dir...

Airway management in tracheal resection and anastomosis is very challenging. The technique of securing the airway depends on the degree and location of stenosis. Multidisciplinary planning and good ...

Tracheal tumours are rare and often present as asthma or chronic obstructive airway disease. These tumours can cause partial or complete airway obstruction, especially after giving anaesthesia. Here...

Thyroid swellings are a known cause of airway obstruction and potentially difficult intubation due to compression and deviation of the trachea. We encountered a unique challenging case of a malignan...