The use of the Montgomery T-tube in difficult paediatric airways

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-44

  Phillips, P S ^a   Kubba, H ^a   Hartley, B E J ^a   Albert, D M ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laryngeal stenosis; Laryngo tracheal reconstruction; Montgomery T tube; Paediatric; Post operative complications; Tracheal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LARYNGOPLASTY; LARYNX PAPILLOMATOSIS; LARYNX STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONTGOMERY T TUBE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; T TUBE; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEOSTOMY; TUBE REMOVAL;

EID: 29244469951     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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