Perianesthetic dental injuries: Analysis of incident reports

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-176

  Givol, Navot ^a   Gershtansky, Yael ^b   Halamish Shani, Talia ^b   Taicher, Shlomo ^a   Perel, Azriel ^a   Segal, Eran ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Medical Risk Management Company   (Israel)

^c Intensive Care Unit   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; dental injury; dental trauma; general; intubation: complications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIST; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DENTITION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCISOR; INSURANCE; INTUBATION; LAW SUIT; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TOOTH INJURY;

EID: 3042651599     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2003.06.004     Document Type: Article

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