Tongue necrosis: A rare complication of oral intubation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages

  Kuhn, Maggie A ^a   Zeitler, Daniel M ^a   Myssiorek, David J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; SUCRALFATE;

ADULT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TONGUE DISEASE; TONGUE NECROSIS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PRESSURE; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 78651418897     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21623     Document Type: Conference Paper

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