Extreme Tracheal Compression due to Substernal Goiter: Surgical and Anesthetic Management
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Extreme Tracheal Compression due to Substernal Goiter: Surgical and Anesthetic Management
Substernal goiters can have a range of presentations and pathology from a complete lack of symptoms to minimal biochemical abnormalities to potentially lethal physical derangements due to tracheal compression. We review a case of a substernal goiter with severe tracheal compression and airway compromise and describe the presentation, diagnosis, operative treatment, perianesthetic management and...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Endocrine Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0975-5039,0975-7902
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10002-1099