Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 5 , Pages 858-863 , May 2008

Office-Based Ambulatory Sedation—The Use of the Airway Protector System During Oral Surgery: A Prospective Audit of the First 100 Patients

  • Moti Klein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Director, General Intensive Care Unit, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Klein: General Intensive Care Unit, Division of Anesthesiology, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer-Sheva, Israel 84101
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  • Natan Weksler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
    • ,
  • Doron Weksler, BMS, MMA

      Affiliations

    • Paramedic, Motorola Negev, Magen David Adom, Arad, Israel.
    • ,
  • Lipa Bodner, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chairman, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.

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doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.12.047

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 5 , Pages 858-863 , May 2008

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