Video Laryngoscopy an Alternative to FOB for Securing the Airway of Retrosternal Goiter in a Reactive Airway Disease Patient: A Case Report
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Patients presenting with retrosternal goitre always pose a challenge in securing the airway. Fibreoptic intubation despite being the gold standard requires expertise training , availability at all centres with increased exposure to the lower airway. Computed tomography (CT) scan provides accurate information on the extent of the goitre in aid to the surrounding compression, a comprehensive preoperative assessment can help plan to secure a difficult airway giving an alternative plan to use of fibreoptic intubation.
Author: Dr. Rahul Sarkar MD*, Dr. Tapas Mandal MD, Dr. Deepak Koli MD, Dr. Hemant Mehta MD
Language: English
Subfield: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7101394676
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