The video laryngoscopes blind spots and possible lingual nerve injury by the Gliderite rigid stylet--case presentation and review of literature.
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We report the first case of near serious lingual nerve injury in an 80-y-old female caused by the Rigid GlideScope Stylet. This complication was discovered during oral surgery and may have been missed if the site of surgery was not oral cavity.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Middle East journal of anaesthesiology
دوره 20 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010