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Radiation exposure alters airway deformability and bony structure displacement during laryngoscopy

BACKGROUND: Prior therapeutic radiation exposure in the setting of head and neck malignancies is associated with difficult airway instrumentation. We sought to characterize the anatomic changes that produce this phenotype. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review. METHODS: Five individuals with prior radi...

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Autores principales: Rees, Christiaan A., Wu, Xiaotian, Eisen, Eric A., Pastel, David A., Halter, Ryan J., Paydarfar, Joseph A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6929586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31890878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lio2.311