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Anesth Analg 2006;103:1267-1269
© 2006 International Anesthesia Research Society
doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000240889.31191.ae

GENERAL ARTICLES

Total Airway Obstruction After Maxillomandibular Advancement Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Patrick W. Hogan, DO*, and Maged Argalious, MD{dagger}{ddagger}

From the *Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine; {dagger}Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University; and {ddagger}Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Maged Argalious, MD, Department of General Anesthesiology/E31, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44195. Address e-mail to argalim{at}ccf.org.

BACKGROUND: Maxillomandibular advancement surgery is a surgical option for treating obstructive sleep apnea, especially in patients intolerant to, or noncompliant with, continuous positive airway pressure.

METHODS: We describe a patient who underwent maxillomandibular advancement surgery, met criteria for tracheal extubation, and subsequently developed total airway obstruction immediately upon extubation.

RESULTS: Before extubation, an airway exchange catheter was used and reintubation occurred without difficulty. The patient was brought back to the operating room for evacuation of a hypopharyngeal hematoma, as well as revision and replacement of fractured hardware.

CONCLUSIONS: Nasopharyngolaryngoscopy should be performed routinely before extubating these patients to evaluate for pharyngeal edema and hematoma formation.

IMPLICATIONS: Maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) surgery is increasingly used as a surgical option in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. We report a case of life-threatening airway obstruction after MMA and discuss the etiology of airway compromise after these surgeries.




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