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Twelfth cranial nerve paralysis following use of a laryngeal mask airway
Author(s) -
KING C.,
STREET M. K.
Publication year - 1994
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.1365-2044.1994.tb04452.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paralysis , anesthesia , laryngeal mask airway , airway , laryngeal paralysis , recurrent laryngeal nerve , surgery , thyroid
Summary A patient developed an unusual complication, that of a unilateral twelfth cranial nerve paralysis, following the use of a laryngeal mask whilst anticoagulated with warfarin.