Unanticipated difficult airway due to undiagnosed oropharyngeal stenosis: a case report

Unanticipated difficult airway is a challenging problem for anesthesiologists. Oropharyngeal stenosis (OPS) is a rare complication of upper airway surgery which may cause difficult airway. We present a patient whose postsurgical OPS was revealed during the induction of general anesthesia, and necess...

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Autores principales: Nishimori, Mina, Matsumoto, Miyako, Nakagawa, Hideki, Ichiishi, Noriko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29497665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-016-0032-y
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Sumario:Unanticipated difficult airway is a challenging problem for anesthesiologists. Oropharyngeal stenosis (OPS) is a rare complication of upper airway surgery which may cause difficult airway. We present a patient whose postsurgical OPS was revealed during the induction of general anesthesia, and necessitated reschedule of surgery and tracheotomy. We also discuss the etiology and risk factors of postsurgical OPS.

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