Radiological images through an anaesthesiologists' looking glass: Airway management in cervical lipomatosis in an infant
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© 2017 Indian Journal of Anaesthesia | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow viewed on the digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) Viewer. The Difficult airway cart was kept ready. Front of neck access in this patient would have been technically difficult due to the huge mass covering an entire anterior aspect of the neck. Otorhinolaryngologists were kept on standby for rigid bronchoscopy.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 61 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017