Management of suprastomal tracheal fibroma: Introduction of a new technique and comparison with other techniques

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-72

  Shires, Courtney B ^a   Shete, Mona M ^a   Thompson, Jerome W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 fiber; Decannulation; Laser; Pediatric tracheostomy; Suprastomal fibroma; Tracheal granuloma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FIBROMA; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRASTOMAL TRACHEAL FIBROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA TUMOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGOSCOPY; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; OPTICAL FIBERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL STOMAS; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57049186536     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.09.025     Document Type: Article

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