Complications of the tracheotomy
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Fantoni's translaryngeal tracheotomy complications. Personal experience.
Tracheotomy is a surgical procedure which, in conditions of acute respiratory emergency, guarantees an adequate airway through the trachea whereas, in cases of chronic respiratory failure, it is used to improve ventilation through the reduction of the dead respiratory space. Over the last few years, surgical techniques used in tracheotomy have been considerably modified, not only to respond to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Kikan Shokudoka Gakkai Kaiho
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0029-0645,1880-6848
DOI: 10.2468/jbes.21.supplement_12