Tracheal injury: A cause for unexplained endotracheal cuff leak during mediastinal dissection

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 684-685

  Haddow, Gordon R ^a   Tays, Renae ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MITRAL VALVE; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031039073     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199703000-00039     Document Type: Article

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