Tracheoinnominate fistula: Diagnosis and management

Chest Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 331-341

  Allan, James S ^a,b   Wright, Cameron D ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTERY SURGERY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; FISTULA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEAL HEMORRHAGE; TRACHEOINNOMINATE FISTULA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0038077498     PISSN: 10523359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3359(03)00006-1     Document Type: Review

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