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Tongue necrosis: a rare complication of prolonged oral intubation

This is a case report of necrosis of more than two-third of the dorsal tongue in a 74-year-old male following prolonged oral intubation for vascular surgery. This necrosis progressed from the left tongue to involve much of the dorsal tongue bilaterally. A diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis was made evident...

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Autores principales: Adegbite, Nurudeen A, Avery, Christopher, Rajaram, Kartic, Mohamed Ahmed, Mandy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6865347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31768237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz284