Ignition of the endotracheal tube during CO2 laser therapy of upper airway disorders

The conditions of generalized skeletal dysplasia, hypochondroplasia and achondroplasia, are reviewed. Both of these diseases may be complicated by spinal stenosis. The spinal complications are illustrated by a case history in which the basic disease was hypochondroplasia with secondary cervical spondylosis, narrow foramen magnum and clinical spastic paraplegia.