Large cervical osteophyte--another cause of difficult flexible fibreoptic intubation.
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 8017596.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
A patient suffering from ankylosing spondylitis required surgical excision of a large anterior osteophyte of the cervical spine. Fibreoptic nasal intubation was difficult due to distortion of the airway by the osteophyte. This cause of difficult flexible fibreoptic intubation has not been described previously.
Medical subject headings
- Cervical Vertebrae
- Intubation, Intratracheal
- Spinal Osteophytosis