Unilateral hypoglossal nerve injury following the use of a ProSeal™ laryngeal mask [10]

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-102

  Trumpelmann P ^a   Cook, Tim ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSPHAGIA; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LETTER; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; TIBIA FRACTURE; TONGUE DISEASE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AIR PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 11444257729     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.04056.x     Document Type: Letter

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