Influence of head positioning on the forces occurring during microlaryngoscopy

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 999-1003

  Friedrich, Gerhard ^a   Gugatschka, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Complications; Head positioning; Microlaryngoscopy; Tissue trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; MICROLARYNGOSCOPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY;

BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PHARYNX; POSTURE;

EID: 67349244015     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-009-0913-z     Document Type: Article

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