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Table 1 Review of anesthetic techniques reported for patients with OALL of the cervical

From: Ossification of the cervical anterior longitudinal ligament is an underdiagnosed cause of difficult airway: a case report and review of the literature

Author and (year)

Age

Sex

Anesthesia Method

Intubation tube

Symptom

Osteophyte

Lee (1979) [5]

73

M

awake intubation

direct laryngoscope with Miller blade

asymptomatic

C5-C7

Gorback (1991) [8]

61

M

rapid induction

bullard laryngoscope

restricted motion of the head and neck

NA

Crosby (1993) [6]

71

M

rapid induction

direct laryngoscope

asymptomatic

C5-C6

Togashi (1993) [9]

59

M

rapid induction

direct laryngoscopy

restricted motion of the neck

C5-C7

Broadway (1994) [10]

72

F

NA

laryngeal mask airway

asymptomatic

C3-C4

Ranasinghe (1994) [11]

72

F

awake intubation

fiberscope

dysphagia,

C2-C4

Aziz (1995) [12]

68

M

sedation and analgesia

facemask airway

asymptomatic

C3-C5

Palmer(2000) [13]

48

F

awake intubation.

intubating laryngeal mask and fiberscope

dysphagia and restricted motion of the neck

C3

Bougak (2004) [14]

62

M

awake intubation.

fiberscope

asymptomatic

C3-C7

Naik (2004) [15]

55

M

awake intubation

fiberscope

restricted motion of the neck, dysphagia, obstructive sleep apnea, and dysphagia

C2-C6

Cesur (2005) [16]

57

M

rapid induction

direct laryngoscopy with Magill’s forceps

restricted motion of the neck

C2-C3

Ozkalkanli (2006) [17]

68

M

rapid induction

direct laryngoscope

restricted motion of the neck, dysphagia, dysphonia, and dyspnea

C2-C5

Montinaro (2006) [18]

67

M

NA

optical fibers

dysphagia, dysphonia

C3-C5

Satomoto (2007) [19]

67

M

NA

direct laryngoscope with the bougie guidance

dysphagia

NA

Baxi (2010) [20]

54

M

awake intubation

fiberoptic bronchoscope

dysphagia

C2-C3, C6-C7, T1

Thompson (2010) [21]

65

M

rapid induction

laryngeal mask airway and fibreoptic bronchoscope

asymptomatic

C3-C7

Eipe (2013) [22]

69

M

awake intubation

fibreoptic bronchoscope

dysphagia

C3-C5

Iida (2015) [23]

82

M

rapid induction

direct laryngoscope

dysphagia, aspiration pneumonia

C2-C4, C6-C7

Iida (2015) [23]

69

M

awake intubation

fibreoptic

restricted motion of the neck

C2-C3

Alsalmi (2018) [24]

66

M

awake intubation

fibreoptic bronchoscope

dysphagia, odynophagia, hoarseness

C3-C7

Gosavi (2018) [25]

62

M

awake intubation

fiberoptic bronchoscope

restricted motion of the neck, dysphagia, odynophagia

C2-C7

Garcia Zamorano (2019) [26]

85

M

sedation

fiberoptic bronchoscope

acute airway obstruction

C2-C5

Yoshimatsu (2019) [27]

80

M

NA

fiberoptic bronchoscope

sudden-onset upper airway obstruction, dysphonia, restricted motion of the neck

C2-C7

  1. OALL Ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament, NA Not available