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  • Title: [Reduced sense of taste as a complication of the laryngeal mask use].
    Author: Ostergaard M, Kristensen BB, Mogensen TS.
    Journal: Ugeskr Laeger; 1997 Nov 10; 159(46):6835-6. PubMed ID: 9411998.
    Abstract:
    We report a unilateral lingual nerve paralysis following the use of a laryngeal mask airway in a 73-year-old man with hypertrophy of the prostate undergoing a TUR-P. The operation was performed in general anaesthesia using propofol, fentanyl, alfentanil and ventilation with 100% oxygen. The operation was uncomplicated and had a duration of two hours and twenty minutes. A week later the patient perceived a reduced sense of taste. Six months later the situation was unaltered.
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