title: Combined McCoy and balloon laryngoscopy for the emergency airway management of a patient with acute postoperative airway obstruction due to extreme engorgement of the tongue.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Intensive Care Medicine, Interventional Radiology, and Anesthesiology Henry Dunant General Hospital Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Spyros D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Mentzelopoulos
authors.forename: Kostantinos V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Rellos
authors.forename: George L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Magoufis
authors.forename: Chrysoula S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Gini
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tobris
authors.forename: Argyris S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Michalopoulos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities*