The supraglottic laryngectomy: Fundamentals and technique
✍ Scribed by Jesús Herranz; Javier Gavilán
- Book ID
- 117400452
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 103 KB
- Volume
- 112
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
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