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Airway management for patients with ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine

Ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament (OALL), also called Forestier’s disease or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, is characterized by anterior bridging osteophytes of unknown etiology. OALL may cause dysphagia, dyspnea, dysphonia, and acute airway obstruction. We report difficu...

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Autores principales: Iida, Miki, Tanabe, Kumiko, Dohi, Shuji, Iida, Hiroki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29497643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-015-0002-9