Bilateral vocal cord paralysis caused by laryngeal mask airway

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-129

  Endo, Kazuhira ^a   Okabe, Youzou ^a   Maruyama, Yumiko ^b   Tsukatani, Toshiaki ^c   Furukawa, Mitsuru ^c  

^a Kouseiren Takaoka Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kurobe City Hospital   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; TRACHEOTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 33847732600     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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