[Conventional intubation and laryngeal tube in cervical spine instability : Changes in the width of the dural sac in unfixed human body donors].

CONCLUSION: In an unfixed human cadaver model with combined atlanto-occipital dislocation and atlanto-axial instability, placement of the LTS-D caused less reduction in the width of the dural sac than conventional intubation at the level of the craniocervical junction. The LTS-D also caused less angulation and could be placed faster. It could therefore also be advantageous over conventional intubation in living patients with an unstable cervical spine.
PMID: 31338524 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Der Anaesthesist - July 22, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Weilbacher F, Schneider NRE, Liao S, Münzberg M, Weigand MA, Kreinest M, Popp E Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research