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CASE REPORT
Use of i-gel for laser ablation of a bronchial lesion
  1. Rakesh Garg1,
  2. Sakshi Thakore1,
  3. Karan Madan2,
  4. Anant Mohan2
  1. 1Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  2. 2Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Rakesh Garg, drrgarg{at}hotmail.com

Summary

The use of laser for airway lesions requires airway management. Usual options include special laser-resistant endotracheal tubes. The use of supraglottic devices have been described in the literature. Laryngeal mask airway carries the risk of cuff damage during the use of laser. i-gel is made of thermoplastic material and does not require air inflation and thus potentially reduce the risk of cuff rupture. i-gel use in laser surgeries has not been described in the literature. We present successful airway management in laser surgery for bronchial tumour using i-gel.

  • anaesthesia
  • cancer - see oncology
  • lung cancer (oncology)

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221679

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors RG and ST: Conduct of the case, review of literature, writing of manuscript, revision and final approval of the manuscript. KM and MA: Conduct of the case and approval of the manuscript. All authors approve the final manuscript for submission.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.