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Successful Airway Management of Post Burns Mentosternal Contracture - A Case Report


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1 MD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore, India
2 MD, Professor, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore, India
3 DA, Senior Registrar, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, St. Johns Medical College, India
 

Fixed Flexion deformity due to mentosternal contracture following bums leads to difficult airway which can be life threatening. It causes distortion of airway and non alignment of oral pharyngeal and laryngeal axes. A proper anaesthesia plan should be made after discussion with the surgeon.
We present a case of mentosternal contracture which was managed with inhalational induction of anaesthesia and LMA


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Mentosternal Contracture, sevoflurane, LMA, McCoy's Laryngoscope
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Jui Lagoo
MD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore, India
Kutappa
MD, Professor, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore, India
Jerry Thomas
DA, Senior Registrar, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, St. Johns Medical College, India

Abstract


Fixed Flexion deformity due to mentosternal contracture following bums leads to difficult airway which can be life threatening. It causes distortion of airway and non alignment of oral pharyngeal and laryngeal axes. A proper anaesthesia plan should be made after discussion with the surgeon.
We present a case of mentosternal contracture which was managed with inhalational induction of anaesthesia and LMA


Keywords


Mentosternal Contracture, sevoflurane, LMA, McCoy's Laryngoscope