Comparing percutaneous tracheostomy with open surgical tracheostomy: Both will coexist until robust evidence becomes available

British Medical Journal

Volumn 324, Issue 7328, 2002, Pages 3-4

  Susanto, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRACHEOSTOMY;

BRONCHOSCOPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0037021848     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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