Anesthetic management for a patient with severe mento-sternal contracture: difficult airway and scarce venous access -A case report-
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Anesthetic management for a patient with severe mento-sternal contracture: difficult airway and scarce venous access -A case report-
There are many problems in the anesthetic management of patients with scar contracture. In this case, a 41-year-old male with severe scar contracture on his face, neck, anterior chest, and both shoulders underwent surgery for resurfacing with flaps. We tried to awake fiberoptic orotracheal intubation with GlideScope® Video laryngoscope guide after surgical release of contracture under local ane...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2005-6419,2005-7563
DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2013.64.1.61