Bilateral lingual nerve injury following the use of the laryngeal mask airway

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 184-186

  Majumder, S ^a   Hopkins, P M ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications, bilateral lingual nerve injury; Equipment, laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LINGUAL NERVE; NERVE INJURY; WRIST;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LINGUAL NERVE; SENSATION DISORDERS; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 0031962184     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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