Some comments on the escalation of tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis dimensions [8]

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 500-502

  Blom, Eric D ^a  

^a Head and Neck Surgery Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VOICE PROSTHESIS;

HUMANS; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 0037384345     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.4.500-a     Document Type: Letter

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