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Title: Emergency Thyroidectomy in a Patient with Severe Upper Airway Obstruction Caused b Goiter: Case for Regional Anesthesia
Authors: Kolawole, Israel K.
Rahman, Ganiyu A.
Keywords: thyroidectomy
emergency care
obstruction
anesthesia
Issue Date: 2006
Publisher: JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Abstract: A case of severe airway obstruction caused by a giant malignant goiter is presented. The patient had emergency thyroidectomy under regional anesthesia (bilateral superficial cervical plexus block). The procedure was well tolerated and the intraoperative course was unevenfful. The anesthetic challenges are discussed and a case is made for regional anesthesia as a safe and reliable anesthetic option for thyroidectomy in this situation.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9940
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