Patient in Mayfield Head Pins Requiring Prone Bronchoscopy for Mucus Plug Obstruction: A Case Report

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 16; no. 7; p. e64270
• Main Authors: Veligandla, Sravya, Pasca, Ioana F, Radhakrishnan, Trinith, Arif, Haad, Ignacio, Gian Christian T, Sinha, Ashish
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cureus Inc 10.07.2024
• Subjects: Anesthesia; Anesthesiology; Back surgery; Bronchitis; Bronchoscopy; Cardiac arrest; Case reports; Catheters; Emergency medical care; Intubation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurosurgery; Oxygen saturation; Patients; Suctioning; Ventilators; United States > US; Loma Linda California; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd); prone position surgery; glycopyrrolate; mayfield pins; flexible bronchoscope; mucous plug; posterior cervical fusion; chronic bronchitis; odontoid process fracture; prone bronchoscopy

Mucus plug obstruction is a common complication in prone patients associated with loss of ventilation and hemodynamic instability. This case presents a 62-year-old female with chronic bronchitis who underwent posterior cervical fusion for a type III dens fracture with extension into the pars articul...