The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery
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Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Mar 2014
Lingual nerve injury following use of a supraglottic airway device.
We present the case of a 64-year-old woman who lost sensation on the left side of her tongue after an orthopaedic procedure under general anaesthetic. It provides evidence that anaesthetic airway devices can injure the lingual nerve.