Bullard laryngoscope: Management of difficult airway in maxillofacial surgery

摘要

Difficult intubation has an incidence of 1.5-8.5%. Failed intubation occurs in 0.13-0.3% of general anaesthetics and it has been found that 30% of the mortality attributed to anaesthesia is related to difficulties in the management of the airway(1). Many techniques and instruments have been advocated in the management of difficult airways; one of these being the Bullard laryngoscope (BL). We report the management of two cases of difficult airway due to limited mouth opening using the Bullard laryngoscope.