The cricoid cartilage and the esophagus are not aligned in close to half of adult patients

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 503-507

  Smith, Kevin J ^a   Ladak, Shayne ^a   Choi, Peter T L ^a   Dobranowski, Julian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0036287136     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03017931     Document Type: Article

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