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Anaesthesia for carbon dioxide laser laryngeal surgery in infants
Author(s) -
HUNTON J.,
OSWAL V. H.
Publication year - 1988
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.1365-2044.1988.tb09022.x
Subject(s) - medicine , carbon dioxide laser , tracheal tube , anesthesia , laser surgery , carbon dioxide , ophthalmic surgery , surgery , laser , intubation , optics , ecology , physics , biology
Summary Problems associated with the presence of a tracheal tube during anaesthesia for infant laryngeal surgery using the carbon dioxide laser are described. This paper discusses alternatives and describes an effective anaesthetic technique and a new tracheal tube.