Difficult intubation in occipital encephalocele : Ambu aura i to our rescue!

Shivangi Khanna; Priyanka Jain; Avinish Bharadwaj; Neelam Dogra

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017

Difficult intubation in occipital encephalocele : Ambu aura i to our rescue!

Shivangi Khanna, Priyanka Jain, Avinish Bharadwaj, Neelam Dogra

Abstract :

Airway management in patients with occipital encephalocele is a challenging task due to difficulty in positioning and restricted neck movement . Alternative approaches to secure airway such as supraglottic devices prove to be a great help in difficult pediatric airway. Here we report a case of occipital encephalocele where airway was successfully established with Ambu Aura i laryngeal mask airway after failure of attempted conventional endotracheal intubation.