Ying Zhou1, Yu Zhang1, Tao Hu1, Xuan Li1, Qiang Fu1. 1. Department of Anesthesiology, Third People's Hospital of Chengdu (Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Jiaotong University) Chengdu 610000, Sichuan, P. R. China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The anesthesia management in morbidly obese patients is challenging, because there may also be a number of complications in addition to predictable difficulties associated with airway and ventilation management. Potential complications require careful preoperative evaluation and intraoperative management to ensure rapid recovery and minimize adverse effects from anesthesia. CASE PRESENTATION: This study involved a 39-year-old male patient who had ankylosing spondylitis complicated with morbid obesity (body mass index =48.8). He had severely limited head and neck mobility, severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome as well as a high STOP-BANG score and Mallampati class IV. After administering local airway anesthesia, awake tracheal intubation was conducted under the guidance of fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Total intravenous anesthesia was adopted intraoperatively, and awake extubation was performed 5 minutes after the completion of the operation. The patient experienced no nausea or vomiting, and the pain score assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale was only 1-2 points. He did not suffer from painful memories relating to anesthesia. CONCLUSIONS: We report a case of concurrent ankylosing spondylitis and morbid obesity associated with a difficult airway successfully treated with total intravenous anesthesia and awake intubation. This approach can be referred in patients with similar conditions. AJTR
BACKGROUND: The anesthesia management in morbidly obese patients is challenging, because there may also be a number of complications in addition to predictable difficulties associated with airway and ventilation management. Potential complications require careful preoperative evaluation and intraoperative management to ensure rapid recovery and minimize adverse effects from anesthesia. CASE PRESENTATION: This study involved a 39-year-old male patient who had ankylosing spondylitis complicated with morbid obesity (body mass index =48.8). He had severely limited head and neck mobility, severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome as well as a high STOP-BANG score and Mallampati class IV. After administering local airway anesthesia, awake tracheal intubation was conducted under the guidance of fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Total intravenous anesthesia was adopted intraoperatively, and awake extubation was performed 5 minutes after the completion of the operation. The patient experienced no nausea or vomiting, and the pain score assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale was only 1-2 points. He did not suffer from painful memories relating to anesthesia. CONCLUSIONS: We report a case of concurrent ankylosing spondylitis and morbid obesity associated with a difficult airway successfully treated with total intravenous anesthesia and awake intubation. This approach can be referred in patients with similar conditions. AJTR
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