Intracranial placement of a nasotracheal tube after transnasal trans-sphenoidal surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 601-604

  Paul, M ^a   Dueck, M ^a   Kampe, S ^a   Petzke, F ^a   Ladra, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, neurosurgical; Anaesthetic technique, nasotracheal intubation; Complications, intracranial intubation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPISTAXIS; FACE FRACTURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INCIDENCE; LETHALITY; MALE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NASOTRACHEAL TUBE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0141893301     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg203     Document Type: Article

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