Successful case of perioperative management with i-gel during a case of wide-awake hand surgery

Insertion of a supraglottic airway device i-gel ® (Intersurgical, UK) is a relatively less invasive technique: hence airway management has been performed using i-gel® for awake craniotomy [1, 2]. Wide-awake hand surgery (WAHS) is a procedure during which motor nerve function is preserved by blocking only sensory nerves for restitution of hand m otor function [3]. Perioperative anaesthetic management for the WAHS is considered difficult because of the challenge of keeping the patient awake while maintaining analgesia in the perioperative period.
Source: Journal of Clinical Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research