Cook® Airway Exchange Catheter Used During Microlaryngeal Surgery

Tsai, Cheng-Jing; Wang, Hsun-Mo; Lu, I-Chen; Soo, Lee-Ying; Chu, Koung-Shing

doi:10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60013-0

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Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 73-75, March 2008

Cook® Airway Exchange Catheter Used During Microlaryngeal Surgery

Cheng-Jing Tsai
- Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Hsun-Mo Wang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
I-Chen Lu
- Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Lee-Ying Soo
- Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Koung-Shing Chu
- Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Corresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100, Tzyou 1^st Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Received 29 August 2007; received in revised form 11 September 2007; accepted 20 September 2007.

Abstract

Anesthesia during laryngeal surgery presents the anesthesiologist with a number of potential challenges. It requires cooperation between the surgeon and anesthesiologist in order to maximize exposure for the surgeon and allow for adequate ventilation of the patient. Many anesthetic techniques have been used such as jet ventilation (subglottic or supraglottic) and endotracheal intubation (intermittently or continuously), with a variety of tubes. We present our experience of successful airway management with the assistance of the Cook® airway exchange catheter during microlaryngeal surgery. [Tzu Chi Med J 2008;20(1):73–75]

Keywords: Airway management , Cook® airway exchange catheter , Microlaryngeal surgery

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