Comparison of Safety and Cost of Percutaneous versus Surgical Tracheostomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-60

  Bowen, Carol P R ^a   Whitney, Larry R ^a   Truwit, Jonathon D ^a   Durbin, Charles G ^a   Moore, Marcia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0035220389     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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