An unexpected complication of the intubating laryngeal mask
Open Access
- 1 February 1999
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia
- Vol. 54 (2) , 166-167
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00635.x
Abstract
Fatal oesophageal perforation occurred as a complication of elective general anaesthesia for cataract extraction in a 77‐year‐old female patient. Tracheal intubation had been achieved, albeit with di...Keywords
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