Difficult laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation due to calcified stylohyoid ligaments |
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Authors: | O. O. Akinyemi E. O. Elegbe |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Anaesthesia, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Abstract: | Two cases of difficult laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation caused by calcified stylohyoid ligaments are presented. Neither patient exhibited a skin crease over the hyoid bone. It is suggested that inability to lift up the epiglottis from the posterior pharyngeal wall be taken as a more useful sign of this condition than the presence of the skin crease. |
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