Lingual nerve injury following the use of an oropharyngeal airway under endotracheal general anesthesia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-122

  Wang, Kuo Ching ^a   Chan, Wing Sum ^a   Tsai, Cheng Tsong ^a   Wu, Gong Jhe ^a   Chang, Yi ^a   Tseng, Hsiang Chien ^a  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airway; Laryngoscopy; Lingual nerve; Neuropraxia

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING APPARATUS; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LINGUAL NERVE; MASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYOMECTOMY; NERVE INJURY; OROPHARYNX; PARESTHESIA; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASTE; TONGUE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LINGUAL NERVE; OROPHARYNX;

EID: 33745608434     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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