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Massive Congestive Facial and Submandibular Oedema Due to Extreme Neck Flexion Following Suboccipital Craniectomy: A Case Report

A variety of factors could contribute to facial oedema during a prone neurosurgical procedure. For optimal surgical exposure, suboccipital cranial surgeries frequently necessitate extreme neck flexion. Extreme neck flexion in the prone position can impair venous drainage of the facial and oropharyng...

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Autores principales: Vaithialingam, Balaji, Masapu, Dheeraj, Rudrappa, Satish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9775002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36569736
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31759