Retrograde fiberoptic technique to avoid tracheostomy in a patient with a tracheocutaneous fistula and treacher collins syndrome

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 255-256

  Sawardekar, Amod ^a   Jagannathan, Narasimhan ^a   Patel, Pravin K ^b,c,d   Nadkarni, Anisha ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d Craniomaxillofacial Surgery   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

difficult airway; tracheocutaneous fistula; tracheostomy; Treacher Collins syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FISTULA; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FISTULA; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; TRACHEAL DISEASES; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 79551597713     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181f7b6d1     Document Type: Article

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