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Abstract
A 15-year-old boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy developed complete airway obstruction under general anaesthesia when positioned prone for spinal surgery. Tracheobronchial compression against vertebral bodies facilitated by a shortened sternovertebral distance due to thoracic lordoscoliosis is suggested as the cause.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7645705 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1995.tb06102.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anaesthesia ISSN: 0003-2409 Impact factor: 6.955