Cervical Spinal Motion During Intubation

摘要

Ten fresh human cadavers were intubated while recording cervical motion using a cinefluoroscopic technique. Segmental cervical motion from the occiput through C5 was measured in both the intact spine and following the creation of a Type II odontoid fracture in all cadavers. Each intubation was performed using no external stabilization, Gardner-Wells traction and manual in- line cervical immobilization. The data are currently being analyzed. A paper entitled Segmental cervical spine motion during orotracheal intubation of the intact and injured spine with and without external stabilization was published in the Journal of Neurosurgery.