The anaesthetic management of a case of severe upper airways obstruction due to an enlarging subglottic benign polyp

The use of a newly developed aid to jet ventilation of the lungs, a modifie d Ben-Jet tube (The Hunsaker Monjet tube), is described in a patient with p artial upper airway obstruction. This report highlights an unusual use of t his device. The Monjet is a fluoroplastic, monitored, self-centring, fine b ore tube that can be inserted from the mouth through to the subglottic regi on. It was originally developed to anaesthetize healthy patients without ai rway obstruction who were undergoing suspension microlaryngoscopy.