title: Life-threatening upper airway obstruction after tongue base surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Szokol@nwu.edu
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Szokol
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wenig
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Drezek
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000601:surgery*; D014059:Tongue / Q000601:surgery*