Plaintiff, a 53 year old man, had previously suffered an odontoid fracture in 2001 which required a spinal fusion from C1 to C5. He had done well and was employed as a supervisor for 30 years. When he developed some difficulty walking with secondary bilateral leg weakness, he was admitted into the hospital by his neurosurgeon for a re-do occiput to C5 instrumentation and fusion.
The anesthesia pre-procedure consult noted specific concerns for anesthesia including severely limited neck motion due…
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