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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 30-32 |
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An unusual use of the lightwand for awake tracheal intubation in a patient with anticipated difficult airway
Vijitha Burra, Kurinchi Raja, Parimala Prasanna Simha, N Satish, N Manjunath
Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Kurinchi Raja
Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru - 560 069, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ARWY.ARWY_4_18
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The intubating lightwand is a useful device for airway management in a patient with failed direct laryngoscopy or intubation. We believe this device is underutilised. We present a patient scheduled for thyroidectomy for a multinodular goitre extending into the mediastinum, encasing major vessels, and producing displacement of the larynx and trachea to the right. As tracheostomy was not feasible, we performed a lightwand-guided bougie-assisted oral intubation following a failed trial of awake direct laryngoscopy.
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