Anesthesia of a patient with an obstructing tracheal mass: A new way to manage the airway

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 1 I, 1997, Pages 84-86

  Licker, M ^a   Schweizer, A ^a   Nicolet, G ^a   Hohn, L ^a   Spiliopoulos, A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

airway obstruction; intubation; tracheal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID TUMOR; TRACHEA SURGERY;

EID: 0031039758     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1997.tb04617.x     Document Type: Article

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