A new device for cricothyroidotomy

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 602-604

  Schiri Pour Tscharlou, A ^a   Klappenberger, J ^a   Klappenberger, S ^b   Firbas, Wilhelm ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coniotomy; Cricothyroidotomy; Cricothyrotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOTHYROID LIGAMENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; LIGAMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TRACHEOTOMY; TROCAR; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CRICOID CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 33748592808     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20263     Document Type: Article

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