Preoperative airway evaluation using multi-slice three-dimensional computed tomography for a patient with severe tracheal stenosis

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 865-867

  Toyota, K ^a   Uchida, H ^a   Ozasa, H ^a   Motooka, A ^a   Sakura, S ^b   Saito, Y ^b  

^a TOTTORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Measurement techniques, multi slice 3D computed tomography; Model, simulation, virtual bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SIMULATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

EID: 9744258710     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh283     Document Type: Article

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