A clinical report about an unusual occurrence of post-anesthetic tongue swelling

Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-107

  Tan, Winston Kwong Shen ^a   Liu, Eugene Hern Choon ^a   Thean, Hilary Pik Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Complete dentures; Edentulous; General anesthesia; Tongue swelling

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENTURE; EDEMA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASE; TOOTH OCCLUSION; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DENTURE, COMPLETE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0035375395     PISSN: 1059941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpro.2001.25753     Document Type: Article

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