LMA BlockBuster® Guided Awake Flexible Bronchoscope Intubation in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Awake flexible bronchoscopic intubation is the commonly preferred technique of airway management in patients with known or predicted difficult airway. This is performed either by oral or nasal route and the technique involves complex psychomotor skill, requiring a trained or experienced operator. In contrast, supraglottic airway guided bronchoscopic intubation is a low-skill fiberoptic intubation technique with high success even among novices. The successful use of LMA BlockBuster^® has been described for awake flexible bronchosopic intubation in a patient with fixed cervical spine and history of failed intubation.