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Kim, Shin, Hyun, Kim, Kim, Jang, Lee, Kim, and Seo: Airway Management with Reinforced Laryngeal Mask Airway in a Child with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Case Report

Journal of the Korean Dental Society of Anesthesiology 2013; 13(4): 221-224.

Published online: 27 May 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17245/jkdsa.2013.13.4.221

Airway Management with Reinforced Laryngeal Mask Airway in a Child with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Kyung Jin Kim, Teo-Jeon Shin, Hong-Keun Hyun, Young-Jae Kim, Jung-Wook Kim, Ki-Taeg Jang, Sang-Hoon Lee, Chong-Chul Kim, Kwang-Suk Seo*

Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Seoul National University Dental Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

*Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Seoul National University Dental Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding Author: Teo-Jeon Shin, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Seoul National University, School of Dentistry, 101 Daehaka-roJongno-gu, Seoul, 110-768, Korea. Tel: +82.2.2072.2607, Fax: +82.2.744.3599, snmc94@snu.ac.kr

Received 29 November 2013       Revised 13 December 2013       Accepted 13 December 2013

Copyright © 2013 Journal of the Korean Dental Society of Anesthesiology

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Abstract

Despite the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) has been widely used in anesthesia, its use is rare in the field of dentistry. Placing LMA in the oral cavity may interrupt dental treatment. However, there are some circumstances in which LMA is more advantageous than tracheal intubation for managing the airway. Especially, the reinforced LMA has a flexible tube shaft, rendering it more accessible for dental treatment. We report a case of dental treatment of a 3-year-old patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome combined with pulmonary hypertension using reinforced LMA for airway management under general anesthesia. We also discuss the considerations of utilizing the reinforced LMA for dental treatment.

Keywords: Dental care, Hypoplastic left heart syndrome, Laryngeal mask airway

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