Macroglossia after surgery of the posterior fossa;Macroglosia tras cirugía de la fosa posterior

Revista Espanola de Anestesiologia y Reanimacion

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 157-158

  Figueredo Gaspari, E ^a,b   Fredes Kubrak, R ^a   Canosa Ruiz, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airway: obstruction; Anesthesia: neurosurgical; Complication: macroglossia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; HUMANS; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031110741     PISSN: 00349356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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