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Anaesthesia for pharyngolaryngectomy with extrathoracic oesophagectomy and gastric transposition
Author(s) -
Plant Mary
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1982.tb01791.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transposition (logic) , cancer , laryngectomy , surgery , esophagectomy , general surgery , anesthesia , larynx , esophageal cancer , philosophy , linguistics
Summary Pharyngolaryngectomy with extrathoracic oesophagectomy and gastric transposition has become a standard operation for laryngopharyngeal cancer. The anaesthetic management of patients undergoing this procedure is described, with reference to a personal series of 10 cases.