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This preliminary communication will describe fabrication of an esophageal-pharyngeal airway (EPA), compare it with the esophageal obturator airway (EOA), and present clinical experience in 83 anesthetized surgical patients.
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Elam, J.O., Lim-Tan, P., Shafieha, M., Robert, M. (1977). Airway Management with the Esophageal Pharyngeal Airway. In: Safar, P., Elam, J.O. (eds) Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6338-8_9
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