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The laryngeal mask airway (LMA™) in paediatric ophthalmic anaesthesia practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2005

B. Kuvaki Balkan
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, İzmır, Turkey
F. Günenç
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, İzmır, Turkey
L. Iyilikçi
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, İzmır, Turkey
E. Gökel
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, İzmır, Turkey
A. Yaman
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, İzmır, Turkey
A. T. Berk
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, İzmır, Turkey
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© 2005 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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