Cervical hematoma after discectomy for spondylosis. An indication of urgent tracheotomy

Pino Rivero, V.; Pantoja Hernández, C.G.; Mora Santos, M.E.; Gonzalez Palomino, A.; Ambel Albarrán, A.; Rodríguez Sánchez, J.A.; Blasco Huelva, A.; Pino Rivero, V; Pantoja Hernández, C.G; Mora Santos, M.E; Gonzalez Palomino, A; Ambel Albarrán, A; Rodríguez Sánchez, J.A; Blasco Huelva, A

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Cervical hematoma after discectomy for spondylosis. An indication of urgent tracheotomy

Pino Rivero, V.; Pantoja Hernández, C.G.; Mora Santos, M.E.; Gonzalez Palomino, A.; Ambel Albarrán, A.; Rodríguez Sánchez, J.A.; Blasco Huelva, A.

Anales Otorrinolaringologicos Ibero-Americanos 34(2): 105-110

2007

ISSN/ISBN: 0303-8874

PMID: 17549957

Document Number: 605294

We report the clinical case of a hematoma after surgery of cervical spondylosis which required an urgent tracheotomy due to failure in the orotracheal intubation. This illness in advanced degree, so called cervical spondylotic myelopathy, is the most serious consequence of cervical intervertebral disc degeneration.