Percutaneous Tracheostomy: Is It Really Better?

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1771-1772

  Malthaner, Richard A ^a   Telang, Harshad ^b   Miller, John D ^a,b   McFadden, Sean ^a   Inculet, Richard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Percutaneous; Tracheal injury; Tracheostomy; Tracheotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0032246594     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.6.1771     Document Type: Article

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