Anesthetic management of a patient with Mounier-Kuhn syndrome undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery -A case report-
Mounier-Kuhn-syndrome patients have markedly dilated trachea and main bronchi due to an atrophy or absence of elastic fibers and thinning of smooth muscle layers in the tracheobronchial tree. Although this syndrome is rare, airway management is challenging and general anesthesia may produce fatal re...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists
2011
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3155143/ |