The laryngeal mask airway for thyroid and parathyroid surgery

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 972-974

  Hobbiger, H E ^a   Allen, J G ^a   Greatorex, R G ^a   Denny, N M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment; airway, laryngeal mask; Nerve; recurrent laryngeal; Surgery; thyroidectomy, parathyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISSECTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE STIMULATION; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 0029832114     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb14969.x     Document Type: Article

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