ORAL AND NASOTRACHEAL LIGHT WAND GUIDED INTUBATION AFTER FAILED FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY

Fibreoptic bronchoscopic guided. tracheal intubation is often the firs t choice for clinicians familiar with the technique, when faced with a patient in whom tracheal intubation presents known or possible diffic ulties. Regardless of the technique chosen, anticipated and unanticipa ted problems may arise. We report three patients with known difficult airways that illustrate the utility of Light wand guided oral and naso tracheal intubation when tracheal intubation with fibreoptic bronchosc opy proved impossible.