Senior Trainee Dr Karen Pearson and Consultant Anaesthestist Dr Barry McGuire from Ninewells hospital in Dundee discuss their article ‘Anaesthesia for laryngo-tracheal surgery, including tubeless field’, published in the July 2017 edition of BJA Education. Topics include how to safely manage this patient group and further discussion around useful techniques such as airway topicalisation, apnoeic oxygenation and jet ventilation.