Liability of laryngeal mask airway devices to thermal damage from KTP and Nd:YAG lasers

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-294

  Keller, C ^a,b   Brimacombe, J ^c   Coorey, A ^a   Wood, V ^d   Keller, K ^d  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Cairns Day Surgery   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equipment, lasers; Equipment, masks anaesthesia; Surgery, otolaryngological

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILASTIC; SILICONE; STEEL;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CUFF; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 0032953557     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/82.2.291     Document Type: Article

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