Airway management in severe post-burn contracture of the neck using Airtraq: A case series
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Post burn contracture neck: clinical profile and management.
BACKGROUND Morbidity related to hypertrophic scars and contractures which are well known sequel after burns remains high and in fact has increased as more severely burned patients are surviving. This study was undertaken in order to assess the varied clinical presentation, precipitating factors, preventive measures, treatment modalities of neck contractures and evaluate the results after surgic...
متن کاملInitial release of severe post-burn contracture scar of the neck for intubation under ketamine.
Background. Severe anterior post-burn contracture (PBC) of the neck poses the anaesthesiologist some difficult problems and results in difficult intubation when extension of the atlanto-occipital joint is impaired. Such patients must therefore have the PBC scar released before other procedures are performed, in order to ensure airway control. Objectives. To show our experience with quick surgic...
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Figure 1: Pre-operative photograph of the patient showing severe post-burn contracture of the neck We use a simple technique to reliably splint the arm away from the body. A small pillow is folded and is anchored to the forearm and the hand with paper plasters [Figure 1a]. The paper plaster makes sure that, though loosely plastered around the forearm, it prevents movements of the padding from i...
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Managing the airway of post burn contracture of the neck has always been challenging to anesthesiologists as it limits the alignment of oro-pharyngo-laryngeal axes because of functional and anatomical deformities that occur as a result of long standing contractures. Here the role of the King Vision video laryngoscope which is the latest in the series of video laryngosc...
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Case report: Severe burn injuries are associated with significant pathologic changes in nearly all of organ systems, among them are facial and airway injuries. Thus, one of the important points is airway management in head and facial burn injuries which lead to difficult or impossible tracheal intubation in these patients. In this study we introduce a 37 year-old man, who was burned with ele...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0019-5049
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.123342