title: [Management of anesthesia in patients with the potential for difficult intubation due to ossification of anterior longitudinal ligament (OALL)].
abstract: Ossification of anterior longitudinal ligament (OALL) is a disease inducing ossification of the ligamentum longitudinale anterius of the backbone. The esophagus can be compressed by the disease, which also can induce hoarse voice and dysphagia. Furthermore, the trachea can also be compressed. Difficult intubation had been anticipated based on the preoperative evaluation in this case, but the intubation fortunately was not difficult. However, OALL can accompany difficult intubation, and we anesthesiologists must pay attention to the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba 270-1694.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Zen'ichiro
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wajima
authors.forename: Nobuya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shitara
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D017887:Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament / Q000601:surgery*