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Technical note: A finger extension tongue depressor
Author(s) -
Delclos Luis
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197603000-00015
Subject(s) - tongue , dorsum , thumb , extension (predicate logic) , medicine , anatomy , computer science , orthodontics , pathology , programming language
The author describes a tongue depressor which can be adapted to the examiner's thumb while performing indirect laryngoscopy. This depressor allows the examiner to pull the tongue and push it downward in patient where otherwise vision is obscured by the dorsum of the tongue.