We describe a case of an unco-operative patient with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa in whom difficult tracheal intubation was anticipated and fibreoptic bronchoscope guided tracheal intubation was successfully achieved after induction of general anaesthesia. Other problems in airway management associated with this disorder are discussed.
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