Anatomical particularities and difficulties in tracheostomy: Seeking the best way

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 378-379

  Ferraro, F ^a   di Lorenzo, A ^a   Lettieri, B ^a   Chiefari, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BLEEDING; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GOITER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; PROGNATHIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DILATATION; GOITER; HUMANS; ITALY; LARYNX; MAXILLOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 79953693872     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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