• J Clin Anesth · May 2012

    Case Reports

    An adult patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome presenting for repeat operation: a cautionary tale of the GlideScope.

    • Andrew A Serdiuk and Voytek Bosek.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. Andrew.serdiuk@moffitt.org
    • J Clin Anesth. 2012 May 1;24(3):238-41.

    AbstractThe introduction of video laryngoscopes has increased the success of intubating the difficult airway. However, failures have been reported in the literature that are associated with certain patient characteristics. Klippel-Feil Syndrome is a condition that typically presents with decreased cervical spine motion, a characteristic that has been associated with GlideScope failure. After an uneventful first anesthetic, a case of a near impossible-to-intubate occurred in a patient with Klippel-Feil Syndrome.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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