## Background: Evaluation of percutaneous tracheostomy (pt) with the guide wire dilating forceps (gwdf) technique. ## Methods: Prospective study of perioperative complications, retrospective analysis of early and late complications in an icu in a teaching university hospital. ## Results: The su
The guide wire dilating forceps technique of percutaneous tracheostomy
β Scribed by Niels van Heerbeek; Bernard G Fikkers; Frank J.A van den Hoogen; Roland M.H.G Mollen; Henri A.M Marres
- Book ID
- 117026970
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Volume
- 177
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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