F Tosi, R Garra, R Festa, Massimiliano Visocchi
Spine surgery is an increasingly frequent surgery and includes a wide range of procedures, from minor surgeries (removal of herniated discs, simple laminectomies) to major surgeries (arthrodesis, removal of spinal meningiomas, etc.).These surgeries commonly involve complex patients (elderly population, ASA II-III) and are sometimes performed in emergency settings (polytrauma, cauda syndrome, pathological fractures), which require specific positions (pronation or lateral decubitus), whereby there can be difficulty in airway management, especially in surgeries that concern the cervical tract...
2023: Acta Neurochirurgica. Supplement