Controlling difficult airway by rigid bronchoscope - An old but effective method

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-179

  Chao, Yin Kai ^a   Liu, Yun Hen ^a   Hsieh, Ming Ju ^a   Wu, Yi Cheng ^a   Liu, Hui Ping ^a   Wang, Chao Jan ^a   Ko, Po Jen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Critical tracheal stenosis; Difficult airway; Rigid bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTUBATION; LASER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEA TUMOR; TRACHEOTOMY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 24744432488     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2004.098038     Document Type: Article

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