Postoperative sore throat: Cause, prevention and treatment

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 444-453

  McHardy, F E ^a   Chung, F ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; sore throat; Equipment; tube, tracheal, laryngeal mask; Intubation, tracheal; complications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUFF; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INJURY; LARYNGEAL MASK; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE; SORE THROAT; TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; PHARYNGITIS;

EID: 0032944649     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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