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KMID : 0356920100580040396
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Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2010 Volume.58 No. 4 p.396 ~ p.400
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Anesthetic consideration for patients with severe tracheal obstruction caused by thyroid cancer -A report of 2 cases-
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Cho Joong-Woon
Jeong Mi-Ae
Choi Jin-Hwa
Cho Joo-Won
Lee Hee-Jong
Kim Dong-Won
Kim Kyo-Sang
Seo Jung-Kook
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Abstract
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To achieve safe airway management, it is essential first to predict whether there will be difficulties in intubating or ventilating the patient’s airway. An enlarged thyroid mass can produce a tracheal obstruction by compression or intraluminal invasion or both. We report two patients with thyroid cancer that obstructed the trachea by compression or invasion. There was no difficulty in endotracheal intubation of the patients with marked thyroid enlargement or in securing passage of the endotracheal tube through the compressed or narrowed portion of the trachea.
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KEYWORD
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Difficult intubation, Thyroid cancer, Tracheal obstruction
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