American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 126-129 , March 2007

Bilateral vocal cord paralysis caused by laryngeal mask airway

  • Kazuhira Endo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kouseiren Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, Kouseiren Takaoka Hospital, 5-10 Eiraku-cyou Takaoka, Toyama 933-0016, Japan. Tel.: +81 766 21 3930; fax: +81 766 24 9509.
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  • Youzou Okabe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kouseiren Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan
    • ,
  • Yumiko Maruyama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kurobe City Hospital, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshiaki Tsukatani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan
    • ,
  • Mitsuru Furukawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan

Received 29 May 2006

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PII: S0196-0709(06)00150-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.07.001

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 126-129 , March 2007

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