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Fracture of tracheostomy tubes

Pathogenesis and prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

B. C. Okafor*
Affiliation:
Enugu, Nigeria
*
Address for correspondence: Dr. B. C. Okafor, Department of Otolatngology, University of Nigeria TeachingHospital, Enugu, Nigeria.

Abstract

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Clinical records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1983

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