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Tongue paralysis after orotracheal intubation in a patient with primary mediastinal tumor: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Several lesions have been described as post-intubation complications. Most frequent are injuries of the pharynx/larynx or trachea. Cranial nerve injury following routine endo-tracheal intubation appears to be rare, and most reports describe Tapia's syndrome with hypoglossus/recurr...

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Autores principales: Uña, Esther, Gandía, Francisco, Duque, Jose Luis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-9301