A 38-Year-Old Man Was Evaluated in the Recovery Room After

A 38-year-old man was evaluated in the recovery room after appendectomy surgery. The patient's O₂ saturation dropped from 96% to 80%, he has tachypnea. He has swollen face, tongue, and arms. The anesthesiologist failed several intubation trials, so cricothyrotomy was decided to be performed. There is also scattered urticaria over the upper body. Attempts at intubation are unsuccessful due to massive soft tissue edema involving the pharynx. The incision of cricothyrotomy will pass through which of the following structures?

A) Buccopharyngeal fascia and platysma
B) Platysma and thyroid isthmus
C) Pretracheal fascia and cricoid cartilage
D) Pretracheal fascia and prevertebral fascia
E) Superficial cervical fascia and cricothyroid membrane

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