Airway management in a patient with Goldenhar syndrome: a case report.
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Children with Goldenhar syndrome are known to present airway management challenges for the anesthesiologist. We present the case of a 10-year-old child with Goldenhar syndrome, in whom a flexible Laryngeal Mask Airway (Intavent Orthofix, Ltd, Maidenhead, UK) was successfully used for eye surgery.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical anesthesia
دوره 20 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008