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Using the SaCo video Laryngeal mask airway in four different scenarios- Case series*

Authors

WERNER Jakub BRUTHANS Jan LUKES Martin TOSENOVSKA Katka VOBRUBOVA Eliska MICHÁLEK Pavel

Year of publication 2023
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source TRENDS IN ANAESTHESIA AND CRITICAL CARE
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Web https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2210844023001296
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tacc.2023.101264
Keywords Supraglottic device; Intubation; Bronchoscopy; Difficult airway
Description Supraglottic devices (SAD) evolved from simple tools for airway management to devices for multiple uses. The video laryngeal masks include a dead-end channel for a dedicated camera and therefore provide a direct vision capability not only for introduction but also when inserting the tracheal tube throughout the SADs.Our retrospective consecutive formal case series presents the first thirty uses of SaCoVLMTM video laryngeal mask in our institution. We have used the SaCoVLMTM successfully for airway maintenance, as a conduit in intubation (both elective and in anticipated difficult airway scenarios), and also as a conduit in bronchoscopy, esophagoscopy, and endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy. We believe we are the first authors to use this device in the last-mentioned usage. We were able to introduce the SaCoVLMTM and achieve sufficient ventilation in all 30 patients in our case series. Of the 20 cases when the device was used as a conduit to introduce additional devices, we recorded only one failure.The SaCoVLMTM has the potential to become a versatile device in all the above-mentioned four different scenarios.

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