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
Affiliations
- Aiji Sato (Boku)
- Department of Anesthesiology Aichi Gakuin University School of Dentistry Nagoya Japan
- Eisuke Kako
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Japan
- Nozomi Okuni
- Department of Anesthesiology Aichi Gakuin University School of Dentistry Nagoya Japan
- Nobuyoshi Kusama
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Japan
- Yuji Kamimura
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Japan
- Yoshiki Sento
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Japan
- MinHye So
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Japan
- Motoshi Tanaka
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Japan
- Hironori Miyamoto
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Nagoya City University School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Japan
- Shinichiro Kato
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Nagoya City University School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Japan
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Nagoya City University School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Japan
- Yasuyuki Shibuya
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Nagoya City University School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Japan
- Kazuya Sobue
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Japan
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3607
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 2
pp. 673 – 676
Abstract
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.
Keywords
- airway obstruction
- dexmedetomidine
- difficult airway management
- pediatric patient
- thyroglossal duct cysts
