New insights into the mechanism of injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve associated with the laryngeal mask airway

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Junfeng ^a   Zhao, Zhe ^a   Chen, Yongzhu ^a   Zhang, Xiaoli ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Complication; Laryngeal mask airway; Mechanism; Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CUFF PRESSURE; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; HYPOTHESIS; LARYNGEAL MASK; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; INJURY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE;

HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE;

EID: 77954250552     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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