Author(s)

Lalit Gupta, Kapil Chaudhary, Poonam Bhadoria

Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, G. B. Pant Hospital & Associated Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India..

The “i-gel” is a newer, non-inflatable supraglottic airway device for clinical use and also for resuscitation purposes. It has also been found to be a useful ventilation and intubation device in anticipated simulated difficult airway situations. However, its use in unanticipated difficult airway situations in emergency set up has not been explored. We describe a case of 24 year male posted for emergency laparotomy that turned out to have an unanticipated difficult airway. Attempts to intubation and ProSeal Laryngeal Mask Airway insertion failed. However, “i-gel” proved to be a very handy intubating conduit in this critical situation.

I-Gel; Rescue; Unanticipated Difficult Intubation; Emergency; Laparotomy

Gupta, L. , Chaudhary, K. and Bhadoria, P. (2012) I-Gel: A Rescue Intubation Device in Unanticipated Difficult Intubation for Emergency Laparotomy. Open Journal of Anesthesiology, 2, 44-46. doi: 10.4236/ojanes.2012.22011.