Lingual nerve injury following the use of an i-gel laryngeal mask
β Scribed by S. H. Renes; R. Zwart; G. J. Scheffer; S. Renes
- Book ID
- 108631382
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 76 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2409
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