Autoclaving impairs the connector-tube bond of the laryngeal mask airway but not its airtightness

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 795-796

  Preis, Carsten ^a   Hartmann, Thomas ^a   Preis, Irene ^b   Wildling, Eckart ^a   Gilly, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway, patency; Equipment, masks anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBE;

EID: 0031769752     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/81.5.795     Document Type: Article

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