Flexible laryngeal mask as an alternative to reinforced tracheal tube for upper chest, head and neck oncoplastic surgery

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Martin Castro, C ^a   Montero, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airway; Anaesthesia general; Laryngeal masks; Respiration artificial; Tracheal tube

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAPNOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPHONIA; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; RANDOMIZATION; SORE THROAT; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAPNOGRAPHY; COUGH; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARYNGITIS; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 40549129065     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021507002980     Document Type: Article

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