Upper airway obstruction after cervical spine fusion surgery: Role of cervical fixation angle

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 134-137

  Lee, Yi Hui ^a   Hsieh, Pei Fang ^a   Huang, Hui Hsun ^a   Chang, Kuang Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Cervical vertebrae; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LARYNGEAL MASK; MASTECTOMY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NEURECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE METASTASIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRACHEOTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 54449091181     PISSN: 18754597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-4597(08)60008-9     Document Type: Article

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