Kapoor Hemlata, Mokashi Suhas
Department of Anaesthesiology, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Anaesthesiology, Global Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Anesth Essays Res. 2014 Jan-Apr;8(1):111-3. doi: 10.4103/0259-1162.128927.
Unanticipated difficult intubations on the operation table have often tested all the anesthetists' intubation skill. The understanding of the causative factor and accordingly using the correct instrument from the difficult intubation kit requires experience and thorough knowledge on the part of the anesthetist. We describe a case of difficult intubation due to scar contracture of anterior tonsillar pillar formed after a previous surgery.