Table 1.
Demographic and clinical details for patients who developed acute airway obstruction after anterior cervical fusion
| Age | Sex | Diagnosis | Operation | Medical history | Coagulopathy | Time to onset (Hr) | Respiration status | Excited or panic | Hematoma removal | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | M | Traumatic HCD | C3-4, 6-7 | DM | No | 70 | Difficult | No | No | |
| 60 | M | Traumatic HCD | C3-4 | No | No | 6 | Difficult | No | No | |
| 69 | F | Degenerative HCD | C5-7 | HTN | No | 4 | Difficult | Excited | Yes | Dysfunction of drainage |
| 51 | M | Traumatic HCD | C4-6 | No | No | 6 | Difficult | No | No | |
| 62 | F | Degenerative HCD | C5-6 | No | No | 8 | Difficult | No | No | |
| 67 | M | Incomplete cord injury | C5-7 | No | No | 72 | Respiratory stridor | Excited | Yes | Bleeding of the jugular vein |
| 47 | M | Degenerative HCD | C5-T1 | No | No | 8 | Cyanosis | Decreased response | Hematoma removal and cricothyroidotomy | Bleeding of the intramuscular vessel |
| 63 | M | Degenerative HCD | C3-4 | DM | No | 4 | Respiratory stridor | Panic | Yes | Bleeding of the superior thyroid artery |
| 52 | M | Traumatic HCD | C6-7 | No | No | 120 | Difficult | No | No |
M male, F female, HCD herniated cervical disc, DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension