• Yoko Sakai, Yasufumi Sagata, Michihisa Kato, Ritsuko Goh, and Arifumi Koyama.
• Department of Anesthesiology, Tokushima Red Cross Hospital, Komatsushima 773-8502.
• Masui. 2004 Jul 1;53(7):813-5.

AbstractA girl (15 months-old) with Pierre-Robin Syndrome was scheduled for cleft palate plasty. She had a past history of difficulty feeding, mild airway obstruction during sleeping and mental retardation. After induction of anesthesia with an inhalational anesthetic technique, conventional tracheal intubation was impossible. We introduced a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and successfully intubated through the LMA. After extubation of the tracheal tube, she developed upper airway obstruction with arterial desaturation. We ventilated her lungs in the lateral position with an inhalation of epinephrine and injection of methylprednisolone. Airway obstruction then improved gradually. In this case, LMA was a valuable device as a guide for the tracheal intubation. Because airway obstruction after extubation is a common complication in a patient with Pierre-Robin syndrome, we need to observe the patient closely.

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