Anesthetic consideration for patients with severe tracheal obstruction caused by thyroid cancer -A report of 2 cases-
To achieve safe airway management, it is essential first to predict whether there will be difficulties in intubating or ventilating the patient's airway. An enlarged thyroid mass can produce a tracheal obstruction by compression or intraluminal invasion or both. We report two patients with thyr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Anesthesiologists
2010-04-01
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Series: | Korean Journal of Anesthesiology |
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Online Access: | http://ekja.org/upload/pdf/kjae-58-396.pdf |