Difficult Airway Management in A Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis and Cervical Myelopathy for Cervical Instrumentation Surgery

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  •   Sriganesh Kamat Department of Neuroanaesthesia, NIMHANS, Bangalore - 560029

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https://doi.org/10.4103/kaj/2020/v18i3-4/163778

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2020-12-17

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Kamat, S. (2020). Difficult Airway Management in A Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis and Cervical Myelopathy for Cervical Instrumentation Surgery. Karnataka Anaesthesia Journal, 18(3-4), 90–93. https://doi.org/10.4103/kaj/2020/v18i3-4/163778

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