Has anyone ever been told they could not be intubated prior to WLS?

Has anyone had this happen to them? They are all prepped for surgery and the anesthesiologist can't intubate because of an anatomy problem??? This is happening, as we speak, to a patient. They are going to discuss the possibilities of performing a tracheotomy. Needless to say, the surgery has been postponed and she will be kept in the hospital overnight until a solution has been arrived upon. She doesn't even know it yet!!!

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