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Emergency tracheostomy for advanced head and neck tumor

✍ Scribed by Chin, Bridget Sheng-Fong; Sabin, Steven; Erickson, Anne; Ghosh, Bimal C.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 403 KB
Volume: 67
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-4790
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9098(199801)67:1<49::aid-jso11>3.0.co;2-q

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✦ Synopsis

Many surgeons are challenged by patients presenting with upper airway obstructive symptoms due to compressive advanced head and neck tumors when emergency tracheostomy is indicated. Tumor bulk displaces the trachea and surrounding structures from their normal anatomy, making an emergency tracheostomy difficult in

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