Airway management in cervical spine ankylosing spondylitis: Between a rock and a hard place
We report the perioperative course of a patient with long standing ankylosing spondylitis with severe dysphagia due to large anterior cervical syndesmophytes at the level of the epiglottis. He was scheduled to undergo anterior cervical decompression and the surgical approach possibly precluded an el...
Main Authors: | Naveen Eipe, Susan Fossey, Stephen P Kingwell |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Anaesthesia |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2013;volume=57;issue=6;spage=592;epage=595;aulast=Eipe |
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