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Learning Modern Laryngeal Surgery in a Dissection Laboratory
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Where there is no laryngoscope
B P O'Donohoe1, R J Page, C Awini
1School of Medical Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Anaesthesia
|November 1, 1988
Abstract:
In hospitals of the developing world where financial constraints limit the procurement of even the most basic medical equipment, improvisation has become important and necessary. We describe a reliable, low-cost, locally produced laryngoscope constructed out of wood.
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