Difficult Airway Management with Awake Fiberoptic Intubation and Cross Table Ventilation in a Case of Acquired TEF with Severe Subglottic Stenosis

Tehran University of Medical Sciences Archives of Anesthesiology and Critical Care 2423-5849 10 2 2023 12 27 Difficult Airway Management with Awake Fiberoptic Intubation and Cross Table Ventilation in a Case of Acquired TEF with Severe Subglottic Stenosis 194 197 Sumedha Mehta Department of Anaesthesiology, SKNMC & GH, Pune, India. Jyoti Despande Department of Anaesthesiology, SMCW-SUHRC, Pune, India. Pooja Nirwan Department of Anaesthesiology, SKNMC & GH, Pune, India. Dhiraj Chopra Department of Anaesthesiology, SKNMC & GH, Pune, India. 2023 03 30 2023 05 29 We report a case of 30-year male who presented with Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistula with subglottic stenosis and Aspiration Pneumonitis. Patient was managed with Feeding Jejunostomy, Tracheoesophageal Fistula repair and Tracheoplasty, after which patient recovered well. Difficult airway was managed by Awake Fiberoptic Intubation and cross-table ventilation through flexometallic tube intraoperatively during TEF repair. https://aacc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/aacc/article/view/730