Prevention of flash fires during facial surgery performed under local anesthesia

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 248-251

  Howard, Brian K ^a   Leach, Joseph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory surgery; bums; fires; intraoperative complications; oxygen

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031003435     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949710600313     Document Type: Article

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