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Anaesthesia in a patient with an unstable neck
Author(s) -
BIRKINSHAW KEITH J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1975.tb00793.x
Subject(s) - medicine , airway , anesthesia , surgery , laryngeal mask airway
The conduct of anaesthesia for an emergency appendicectomy in a patient suffering from Morquio's syndrome who had an unstable neck has been described. A specially constructed plaster bed was used to fix the neck and an anaesthetic technique designed to deal with major airway problems was employed.