Yoshiki Fujikawa, Naokado Ikeda, Kosuke Sakai, Naoki Omura, Ryokichi Yagi, Ryo Hiramatsu, Masahiro Kameda, Naosuke Nonoguchi, Motomasa Furuse, Shinji Kawabata, Kunio Yokoyama, Masahiro Kawanishi, Takahiro Fujishiro, Yangtae Park, Hideki Tanabe, Toshihiro Takami, Masahiko Wanibuchi
Airway complications that occur after anterior cervical spine surgery pose a life-threatening risk, which encompasses complications including prolonged intubation, unplanned reintubation, and/or necessity of tracheostomy. The present study aimed to identify the surgical risks associated with postoperative airway complications in neurosurgical training institutes. A retrospective, multicenter, observational review of data from 365 patients, who underwent anterior cervical spine surgery between 2018 and 2022, at three such institutes was carried out...
April 4, 2024: Neurologia Medico-chirurgica