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C1-C2 Motion During C-MAC D-Blade Videolaryngoscopy and Endotracheal Intubation in 2 Patients With Type II Odontoid Fractures: A Case Report
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C1-C2 Motion During C-MAC D-Blade Videolaryngoscopy and Endotracheal Intubation in 2 Patients With Type II Odontoid Fractures: A Case Report

Bradley J Hindman, Royce W Woodroffe, Mario Zanaty, Hiroto Kawasaki, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Christian M Puttlitz and Benjamin C Gadomski
A&A practice, Vol.13(4), pp.121-123
08/15/2019
DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001000
PMCID: PMC6697197
PMID: 30907749

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Abstract

Laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation in patients with unstable cervical spines may cause pathological spinal motion and resultant cord injury. Cadaver and mathematical (finite element) models of a type II odontoid fracture predict C1-C2 motions during intubation to be of low magnitude, especially with the use of a low-force videolaryngoscope. Using continuous fluoroscopy, we recorded C1-C2 motion during C-MAC D videolaryngoscopy and intubation in 2 patients with type II odontoid fractures. In these 2 patients, C1-C2 extension and change in C1-C2 canal space were comparable to motions predicted by cadaver and finite element models and did not cause neurological injury.
Young Adult Cervical Vertebrae - surgery Video-Assisted Surgery Cervical Vertebrae - injuries Humans Middle Aged Spinal Fractures - surgery Finite Element Analysis Male Intubation, Intratracheal Cadaver Laryngoscopy

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