We report the failure of insertion of a laryngeal mask airway in a patient with a preβoperative diagnosis of an abnormality of the superior cornua of the thyroid cartilage. We believe that this is the first time that this reason for failure has been reported.
A new and clinically symptomatic variant of thyroid cartilage anatomy
β Scribed by S.T. Browning; H.B. Whittet
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0897-3806
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