%0 Journal Article
%T Anesthetic management for a patient with severe mento-sternal contracture: difficult airway and scarce venous access -A case report-.
%A Park CD
%A Lee HK
%A Yim JY
%A Kang IH
%J Korean J Anesthesiol
%V 64
%N 1
%D Jan 2013
%M 23372888
%F 5.167
%R 10.4097/kjae.2013.64.1.61
%X There are many problems in the anesthetic management of patients with scar contracture. In this case, a 41-year-old male with severe scar contracture on his face, neck, anterior chest, and both shoulders underwent surgery for resurfacing with flaps. We tried to awake fiberoptic orotracheal intubation with GlideScope® Video laryngoscope guide after surgical release of contracture under local anesthesia. We report a successful management of a patient with severe burn contracture achieved by combined effort of surgeons and anesthesiologists.