Failure of insertion of a laryngeal mask airway caused by a variation in the anatomy of the thyroid cartilage

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 884-886

  Browning, S T ^a   Whittet, H B ^a   Williams, A ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy, thyroid cartilage; Equipment, laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; THYROID CARTILAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032871747     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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