• A & A case reports · Apr 2016

    Case Reports

    A Delayed Complication of Temporal Craniotomy Leading to a Potentially Difficult Airway.

    • Vivek Rayadurg, V Bhadrinarayan, K N Gopalakrishna, and Amey Savardekar.
    • From the Departments of *Neuroanesthesia and †Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
    • A A Case Rep. 2016 Apr 1; 6 (7): 199-200.

    AbstractPseudoankylosis of the temporomandibular joint may occur as a complication of frontotemporal craniotomy. We report a patient who presented for surgery with a restricted mouth opening resulting from an infectious complication after frontotemporal craniotomy. Early identification of the potentially difficult airway helped manage this patient. We explain the mechanism of this late complication that may result in a difficult airway. If this is not identified preoperatively when a patient presents for emergency surgery or when the patient is in altered sensorium, it may lead to an unanticipated difficult airway.

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