An unanticipated difficult airway in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

• Prif Awduron: Rashmi Salhotra (Awdur), Chhavi Sharma (Awdur), Asha Tyagi (Awdur), Surendra Kumar (Awdur), A K Sethi (Awdur), Shuchi Bhatt (Awdur)
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• Cyhoeddwyd: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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An 11-year-old boy with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome presented to the emergency for fixation of a fractured femur. During induction of general anesthesia, unexpected difficult intubation was encountered with a 6.5-mm ID endotracheal tube and successively smaller tubes, also failing to pass 1 cm beyond the v...