Bilateral symmetric lacerations of the soft palate after general anesthesia using the laryngeal mask airway ProSeal TM − A case report −
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Received: January 30, 2009. Accepted: March 6, 2009. Corresponding author: In Suk Jeon, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, 250, Gongdan-2dong, Gumi 730-706, Korea. Tel: 82-54-468-9160, Fax: 82-54-463-7504, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright c Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, 2009 Bilateral symmetric lacerations of the soft palate after general anesthesia using the laryngeal mask airway ProSeal TM − A case report−
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