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[Application of percutaneous dilatation tracheotomy in patients with difficult airway]

H Y Li1, X Zhai1

  • 1Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery，Tianjin Huanhu Hospital，Tianjin，300350，China.

Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi = Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
|October 18, 2019
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Keywords:
difficult airwaylaryngemphraxispercutaneous dilatation tracheotomy

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