Fractured tracheostomy tube: An overlooked foreign body

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1069-1071

  Gupta, S C ^a   Ahluwalia, Hemant ^a  

^a MLN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Foreign body; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TUBE;

EID: 0029848747     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215100135777     Document Type: Article

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