Clinical Case Reports (Feb 2021)

Perioperative management of thyroglossal duct cystectomy in a pediatric patient: A case report

  • Aiji Sato (Boku),
  • Eisuke Kako,
  • Nozomi Okuni,
  • Nobuyoshi Kusama,
  • Yuji Kamimura,
  • Yoshiki Sento,
  • MinHye So,
  • Motoshi Tanaka,
  • Hironori Miyamoto,
  • Shinichiro Kato,
  • Masaki Kobayashi,
  • Yasuyuki Shibuya,
  • Kazuya Sobue

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3607
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 2
pp. 673 – 676

Abstract

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Abstract Thyroglossal duct on the dorsum of the tongue in the pediatric patient can cause a difficult airway due to the large mass and risk of airway obstruction associated with a swollen tongue after surgery.

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