Tracheal intubation through the intubating laryngeal mask in a patient with a fixed flexed neck and deviated larynx

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1199-1201

  Asai, T ^a   Shingu, K ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equipment; fibre optic bronchoscope, laryngeal mask; Intubation, tracheal; technique, difficult; Intubation; difficult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; NECK INJURY;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNX; MALE; NECK;

EID: 0031784197     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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