Atlantoaxial subluxation in different intraoperative head positions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Anesthesiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 675-679

  Tokunaga, Daisaku ^a   Hase, Hitoshi ^d   Mikami, Yasuo ^d   Hojo, Tatsuya ^d   Ikoma, Kazuya ^d   Hatta, Yoichiro ^d   Ishida, Masashi ^d   Sessler, Daniel I ^b,c   Mizobe, Toshiki ^a,c   Kubo, Toshikazu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTUBATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE;

EID: 33645635691     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200604000-00010     Document Type: Article

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