The upside-down intubating laryngeal mask airway: A technique for cases of fixed flexed neck deformity

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1454-1458

  Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Wadhwa, Anupriya ^a   Akhtar, S ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036829350     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200211000-00066     Document Type: Article

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