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Bilateral lingual nerve injury following the use of the laryngeal mask airway |
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| Authors: | S. Majumder,& P. M. Hopkins |
| Affiliation: | ;Senior House Officer, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK,;Senior Lecturer, Department of Anaesthesia, St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK |
| Abstract: | We report a 27-year-old patient who developed transient bilateral lingual nerve palsy following the use of a laryngeal mask to maintain the airway during a general anaesthetic for arthroscopy of the wrist. |
| Keywords: | Equipment laryngeal mask airway Complications bilateral lingual nerve injury |