Traumatic GlideScope® video laryngoscopy resulting in perforation of the soft palate

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-211

  Amundson, Adam W ^a   Weingarten, Toby N ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE STYLET; EPIGLOTTIS; EXTUBATION; FIBULA FRACTURE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; MOUTH INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOFT PALATE PERFORATION; TUBE REMOVAL;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 84878426312     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-012-9824-3     Document Type: Letter

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