Trachea stabilisation with autologous costal cartilage in acquired tracheomalacia: Report of two cases

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 330-331

  Frimpong Boateng, K ^a   Aniteye, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CASE REPORT; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RIB; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RIBS; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 0035542168     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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