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Airway management for tonsillectomy.
Editor—We read with interest the article on airway management for tonsillectomy, which concluded that there is widespread non-compliance in the use of disposable anaesthetic instruments. The authors quite correctly make the point that currently non-disposable surgical instruments are used. Surely, prion transmission is less likely to occur via anaesthetic than surgical instruments which are int...
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The appropriate airway management is the important point during the anesthesia. For it dose, ‎taking history, physical examination (head and neck, mandible, mouth opening, neck ‎movements …) must be done completely and they are helpful in estimating difficult ‎intubation.‎ It is necessary to note that one case from every ‎‏5000‏‎ cases of anesthesia, not o...
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Tonsillar lipomas are rare benign tumors, with only a limited number of cases reported in the literature. Excision of the lipoma along with tonsillectomy has been proposed as the usual treatment option. We report a case of tonsillar lipoma which was managed by excision of the lesion without the need for a tonsillectomy. No recurrence was reported at a 2-year followup. A worldwide literature rev...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem322