The Kurume Medical Journal
Online ISSN : 1881-2090
Print ISSN : 0023-5679
ISSN-L : 0023-5679
The Assessment of Airway Compression Due to Cervical Fusion in Klippel-Feil Syndrome Patients: A Report of Two Cases
SHOSABURO JOTAKIHIROKO TANIGUCHIHARUKA MIYAKAWATERUYUKI HIRAKI
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Article ID: MS7012009

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Summary: In general anesthesia for Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) patients, there is a potential risk of difficult intubation. However, airway assessment to predict difficult intubation for KFS patients is not known. In Patient 1, cervical spine computed tomography (CT) revealed airway compression due to cervical fusion. For airway assessment, bronchofiberscopy, three-dimensional (3-D) CT, and virtual bronchoscopic image (VBI) construction were performed. Based on these images, fiberoptic nasotracheal awake intubation was performed. In Patient 2, magnetic resonance imaging and bronchofiberscopy showed no airway compression due to cervical fusion; therefore, tracheal intubation was performed using a video laryngoscope after anesthetic administration. Airway compression due to cervical fusion is considered one of the risk factors for difficult intubation in KFS patients.

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