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Airway obstruction due to a laryngeal polyp following insertion of a laryngeal mask airway

BACKGROUND: Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion contributes to airway protection in patients with a laryngeal tumor around the glottis. There has been no report of LMA insertion itself exacerbating airway obstruction in such patients. CASE PRESENTATION: A 62-year-old male underwent elective surgic...

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Autores principales: Fuseya, Satoshi, Ichino, Takashi, Tanaka, Satoshi, Ishida, Kumiko, Ishida, Takashi, Kawamata, Mikito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6967210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32025880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-018-0180-3