High-located aberrant innominate artery: An unusual cause of serious hemorrhage of percutaneous tracheotomy

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 368-369

  Comert, Ayhan ^a   Comert, Ela ^b   Ozlugedik, Samet ^c   Kendir, Simel ^a   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA ONCOLOGY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA; TRACHEOTOMY;

AGED; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CADAVER; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; NECK DISSECTION; TRACHEA; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 4344604626     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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