Post-radiotherapy suggests a possible difficult airway even with an asymptomatic supraglottic change

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• who: Ayumi Oishi from the (UNIVERSITY) have published the article: Post-radiotherapy suggests a possible difficult airway even with an asymptomatic supraglottic change, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)

SUMMARY

Airway changes due to radiotherapy, even after several years, take various forms. One of the difficulties the authors encounter is the airway management. Most of these cases involve laryngeal edema, fibrotic changes, and restriction of neck flexion. With these physical findings, the authors could expect a difficult airway (DA) before anesthesia induction. The authors describe an asymptomatic, peculiar supraglottic change due to previous radiotherapy. An . . .

 



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