Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation following Endotracheal Tube Manipulation: A Near Miss!

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2018; 05(03): 206-207
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1672331

Correspondence

Indian Society of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care

Ashutosh Kaushal

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

,

Indu Kapoor

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

,

Charu Mahajan

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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Hemanshu Prabhakar

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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