Airway management of patients undergoing oral cancer surgery: A retrospective study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 510-514

  Mishra, Seema ^a,b   Bhatnagar, S ^a   Jha, R R ^a   Singhal, A K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Airway management, difficult airway; Anaesthesia technique, inhalation, intravenous; Intubation intratracheal, complications, difficult; Mouth neoplasms, oral carcinoma; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNX EDEMA; LARYNX TUMOR; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; OROPHARYNX; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TISSUE FIXATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 22244468019     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021505000876     Document Type: Article

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