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Laryngeal mask airway severed by biting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2005

A. M. Heffernan
Affiliation:
The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
M. White
Affiliation:
The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
A. Curran
Affiliation:
The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
S. A. Colbert
Affiliation:
The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
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© 2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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