Oropharyngeal swelling and macroglossia after cervical spine surgery in the prone position

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 237-239

  Sinha, A ^a   Agarwal, A ^a   Gaur, A ^a   Pandey, C K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical spine surgery; Macroglossia; Oropharyngeal swelling; Prone position

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; NEOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPRESSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OROPHARYNX; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRONE POSITION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0034950614     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200107000-00010     Document Type: Article

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