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Unsuspected tracheal web inhibits endotracheal intubation: report of a case

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A 66-year-old woman was scheduled for resection of a recurrent brain astrocytoma. During anesthesia induction, endotracheal intubation became impossible. Urgent bronchoscopy under laryngeal mask ventilation visualized a subglottic web 1 cm below the vocal cords. After bronchoscopic ablation with argon plasma coagulation, the airway intubation was successful.

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  1. Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Utsunomiya Social Insurance Hospital, 11-17 Minamitakasagotyo, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 321-0143, Japan

    Shinichi Yamamoto

  2. Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan

    Shinichi Yamamoto, Kenji Tetsuka, Yukio Sato & Shunsuke Endo

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Yamamoto, S., Tetsuka, K., Sato, Y. et al. Unsuspected tracheal web inhibits endotracheal intubation: report of a case. J Anesth 24, 132–133 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-009-0844-2

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