Morbidly Obese Patient with Cervical Spine Ankylosing Spondylitis Presenting with Acute Spinal Shock and Complex Airway Management

Authors: Ulrike Berth MD, Shaheen Shaikh MD, Bronwyn Cooper MD, Stephen O. Heard, MD
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Massachusetts
Introduction
 

A 67 year old morbidly obese male presented to the emergency department (ED) with weakness in both lower extremities after a fall at home. The patient sustained an unstable T12-L1 vertebral fracture with cord compression at the [...]