title: The utility of three-dimensional computed tomography in unanticipated difficult endotracheal intubation.
abstract: We experienced a case of unanticipated difficult intubation with direct laryngoscopy because of narrowing of the retropharyngeal air space and laryngeal vestibulum. It is suggested that three-dimensional computed tomography is useful for evaluating both the abnormality of an airway and its relationship to surrounding tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan. kanaya@sapmede.ac.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kanaya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawana
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niiyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niiya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Namiki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed