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The Rigid Tube as an Alternative in Controlling the Problematic Airway
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The Rigid Tube as an Alternative in Controlling the Problematic Airway

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[The treatment of sub-glottic stenosis by continuous dilatation. Long term results (author's transl)]

E Poncet, P Roulleau, R Peynègre

    Annales D'Oto-Laryngologie Et De Chirurgie Cervico Faciale : Bulletin De La Societe D'Oto-Laryngologie Des Hopitaux De Paris
    |January 1, 1979
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