Prediction of difficult tracheal intubations in thyroid surgery. Predictive value of neck circumference to thyromental distance ratio.

Alessandro De CassaiFrancesco PapaccioGiorgia BettetoChiara SchiavolinMaurizio IacoboneMichele Carron

Published in: PloS one (2019)

This study found that NC was a strong predictor of DTI. The results also suggested that NC/TMD could be used as a measure to stratify the risk of DTI in patients undergoing thyroid surgery.

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