Management of anesthesia in patients with the potential for difficult intubation due to ossification of anterior longitudinal ligament (OALL)

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. Diffic...

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Published in:	Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology Vol. 55; no. 10; p. 1257
Main Authors:	Saito, Takeshi, Wajima, Zen'ichiro, Kato, Nobuya, Shitara, Toshiro, Inoue, Tetsuo, Ogawa, Ryo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Japanese
Published:	Japan 01-10-2006
Subjects:	Aged, 80 and over Anesthesia, Inhalation Humans Intubation, Intratracheal - methods Male Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament - surgery
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Summary:	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.
ISSN:	0021-4892