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( Eun Hee Chun ),( Mi Hwa Chung ),( Eun Mi Choi ),( Jung Eun Kim ),( In-jung Jun ),( Jong Hee Park ),( Joon-sang Hyeon ),( Joo Hyun Jun ) 경희대학교 경희의료원 2020 慶熙醫學 Vol.35 No.1
Ligamentous ossification of the anterolateral spine is characteristic of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH; i.e., ankylosing hyperostosis or Forestier’s disease). Cervical spine involvement can make airway management difficult during intubation. A patient with a history of impossible intubation resulting from the presence of large anterior cervical osteophytes presented for removal of the osteophytes. Preoperative diagnostic imaging revealed a larynx anteriorly displaced by osteophytes. The osteophytes were on the anterior surfaces of the third to seventh cervical vertebrae. Successful intubation was performed using an angulated curved video laryngoscope and a back-up head-elevated position (BUHE). The angulated curved video laryngoscope and BUHE position provided a good laryngeal view in a patient with DISH who had a larynx with osteophyte-associated anterior displacement. We suggest that these methods are an alternative for anesthesiologists during airway management of patients with difficult intubation.