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Pneumatic nasal catheters:

Advantages and drawbacks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Samy Elwany*
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Otolaryngology and Anaesthesia; Alexandria, Universities (Egypt), and DrFakhry Hospital, AlKhobar (Saudi Arabia).
Tarek Kamel
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Otolaryngology and Anaesthesia; Cairo, Universities (Egypt), and DrFakhry Hospital, AlKhobar (Saudi Arabia).
Anis Mekhamer
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Otolaryngology and Anaesthesia; El-Azhar, Universities (Egypt), and DrFakhry Hospital, AlKhobar (Saudi Arabia).
*
Samy Elwany, M.D., Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Dr. Fakhry Hospital, P.O. Box 251, AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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