A left paraglossal approach for oral intubation in children scheduled for bilateral orofacial cleft reconstruction surgery - A prospective observational study

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-163

  Sen, Indu ^a   Kumar, Sushil ^a   Bhardwaj, Neerja ^a   Wig, Jyotsna ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cleft lip and palate surgery; Difficult pediatric airway; Paraglossal intubation

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58849119970     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02870.x     Document Type: Article

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