Rigid pediatric bronchoscopy for bronchial foreign bodies with and without Hopkins telescope

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 761-765

  Mathur, N N ^a   Pradhan, Tapaswini ^b  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Foreign body removal; Rigid bronchoscopy; Telescopic guided

Indexed keywords

ALMOND; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; FEMALE; FORCEPS; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEANUT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOYBEAN; STRIDOR; TAMARIND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIGHTING; MALE;

EID: 0042882690     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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