TY - JOUR AU - Erol, Mehmet Kenan AU - Kaya, Firdevs PY - 2019/08/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Use of video-laryngoscopy in pediatric patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: Two case reports JF - Journal of Surgery and Medicine JA - J Surg Med VL - 3 IS - 8 SE - Case Report DO - 10.28982/josam.551029 UR - https://jsurgmed.com/article/view/551029 SP - 626-628 AB - <p><p>Difficult airway management is one of the most challenging situations for an anesthesiologist. If not handled properly, it can lead to severe complications, even death. Video-laryngoscopy (VL) is one of the many techniques developed for this purpose. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a rare disease requiring possible difficult airway management due to temporo-mandibular dysfunction or occipito-atlanto-axial instability. We herein present two pediatric EDS cases who required surgery. The first case was a 9-year-old, male, ASA II EDS patient scheduled for strabismus surgery, and the second case was a 12-year-old, male, ASA III EDS patient who was also diagnosed with a brain cyst and lymphoma, due for emergency surgery for acute abdomen. With their heads in a neutral position, both patients were intubated without tissue trauma at first attempt using video-laryngoscopy. No complications were encountered in both cases. We believe that using video-laryngoscopy for managing difficult pediatric airways may be beneficial in avoiding complications.<br /></p></p> ER -