Preoperative clinical prediction of difficult laryngeal exposure in suspension laryngoscopy

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 699-703

  Pinar, Ercan ^b   Calli, Caglar ^a   Oncel, Semih ^a   Selek, Burcu ^a   Tatar, Bekir ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Difficult intubation; Difficult laryngeal exposure; Physical measurements; Suspension laryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NECK MUSCLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63049125769     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0853-z     Document Type: Article

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