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Airway obstruction due to a rigid cervical collar
N S Kreisler1, M E Durieux, B F Spiekermann
1Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908-0710, USA.
Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
|April 25, 2000
Abstract:
Airway obstruction after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a potentially life-threatening postoperative complication. We experienced a case of airway obstruction after an ACDF attributable to the rigid cervical collar used in the patient's postoperative care, which has not been reported previously.