Left-molar approach improves the laryngeal view in patients with difficult laryngoscopy

Anesthesiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-74

  Yamamoto, Ken ^a   Tsubokawa, Tsunehisa ^a   Ohmura, Shigeo ^a   Itoh, Hironori ^a   Kobayashi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Difficult intubation; Glottic view; Macintosh blade; Optimal external laryngeal manipulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033959415     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200001000-00016     Document Type: Article

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