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Fractured tracheostomy tubes in the tracheobronchial tree: (A report of nine cases)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. C. Gupta*
Affiliation:
(Allahabad, India)
*
Dr. S. C. Gupta, Lecturer, ENT Department, M.L.N. Medical College, Allahabad-21101, India

Abstract

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Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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Footnotes

*

The paper was presented at 38th Annual Conference of the association of Otolaryngologists of India held at Madras, in January 1986.

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