Life-threatening tension subcutaneous emphysema as a complication of open tracheostomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 628-629

  Showmaker, Jason A ^a   Page, Matthew P ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 77949472964     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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