Airway management in cervical spine ankylosing spondylitis: Between a rock and a hard place

We report the perioperative course of a patient with long standing ankylosing spondylitis with severe dysphagia due to large anterior cervical syndesmophytes at the level of the epiglottis. He was scheduled to undergo anterior cervical decompression and the surgical approach possibly precluded an el...

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Main Authors: Eipe, Naveen, Fossey, Susan, Kingwell, Stephen P
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3883395/