Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 20, Issue 7 , Pages 514-520 , November 2008

A clinical evaluation of four disposable laryngeal masks in adult patients

Received 6 June 2007 ,Revised 16 May 2008 ,Accepted 16 May 2008.

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☆ This study was presented in part at Euroanaesthesia 2006, Madrid, Spain, June 2 to 3, 2006.

PII: S0952-8180(08)00225-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.05.015

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 20, Issue 7 , Pages 514-520 , November 2008

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