Staple-assisted laryngectomy for intractable aspiration

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-74

  Nakahira, Mitsuhiko ^a   Higashiyama, Kasumi ^a   Nakatani, Hiroaki ^a   Takeda, Taizo ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; EPIGLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LUNG ASPIRATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037279191     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajot.2003.3     Document Type: Article

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