Unanticipated difficult intubation as a result of an asymptomatic vallecular cyst

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 872-873

  Kamble, Vaibhav A ^b   Lilly, Richard B ^a   Gross, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Airway; Epiglottis; Larynx; Unexpected

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYST; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA DISEASE; VALLECULAR CYST;

CYSTS; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032820859     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199909000-00043     Document Type: Article

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