The utility of three-dimensional computed tomography in unanticipated difficult endotracheal intubation.
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.
Kanaya
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Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan. kanaya@sapmede.ac.jp
Kawana
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S
Watanabe
H
H
Niiyama
Y
Y
Niiya
T
T
Nakayama
M
M
Namiki
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A
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