• A&A practice · Jun 2018

    Airway Management Approach in Nasocutaneous Fistula: A Case Report.

    • Ivanna A Sanoja and Kenneth S Toth.
    • From the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, John H. Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois.
    • A A Pract. 2018 Jun 15; 10 (12): 335-337.

    AbstractWe present a case of a 63-year-old man with nasocutaneous fistula located outside the area covered by a large adult facemask. The patient was uncooperative for the standard airway assessment and any attempt at awake intubation. Positive pressure ventilation was compromised by the fistula. Although the incidence of overall complications, including fistula formation, following free flap reconstruction for oropharyngeal cancer is reported as high as 20%, few case reports detailing airway management exist. We demonstrate that it is possible to use conventional techniques to induce and ventilate a patient with a large, externalized, airway fistula by covering the defect with an occlusive transparent dressing.

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