Anesthetic consideration for patients with severe tracheal obstruction caused by thyroid cancer -A report of 2 cases-

To achieve safe airway management, it is essential first to predict whether there will be difficulties in intubating or ventilating the patient's airway. An enlarged thyroid mass can produce a tracheal obstruction by compression or intraluminal invasion or both. We report two patients with thyr...

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Main Authors: Joong Woon Cho, Mi Ae Jeong, Jin Hwa Choi, Joo Won Cho, Hee Jong Lee, Dong Won Kim, Kyo Sang Kim, Jung Kook Seo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2010-04-01
Series:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://ekja.org/upload/pdf/kjae-58-396.pdf