Laryngeal mask airway and fibre-optic tracheal inspection in thyroid surgery: A method for timely identification of tracheomalacia requiring tracheostomy

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-142

  Palazzo, F Fausto ^a,b   Allen, Jonathon G ^a   Greatorex, Robert A ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre optic tracheal inspection; Laryngeal mask airway; Tracheomalacia; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; FIBER OPTICS; GOITER; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; SHORT SURVEY; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOMALACIA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

FIBER OPTICS; GOITER; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPY; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEAL DISEASES; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0034050571     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

References (2)

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2. Hobbiger HE, Allen JG, Greatorex RA, Denny NM. The laryngeal mask airway for thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Anaesthesia 1996; 51: 972-4.