A rare cause of tracheotomy: foreign body lodged in vocal cords, the broken piece of dental prosthesis

Tracheotomy is a well-known procedure for ages which is a stoma between skin and trachea to make by-pass the rest of the upper airway and to provide a safer breath. Common indications are situations like upper airway obstructions and to clear respiratory secretions during the elongated entubation or...

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Main Authors: Mehmet Haksever, Davut Akduman, Semih Yazla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayincilik 2012-12-01
Series:Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access: http://turkarchotolaryngol.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/a-rare-cause-of-tracheotomy-foreign-body-lodged-in/43471