The laryngeal mask airway in tonsillectomy: The surgeon's perspective

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 122-125

  Hern, J D ^a,b   Jayaraj, S M ^a   Sidhu, V S ^a   Almeyda, J S ^a   O'Neill, G ^a   Tolley, N S ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FRCS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; Laryngeal mask; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSILLECTOMY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0032912722     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1999.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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