Audit of open pediatric tracheostomies at the University College Hospital, Ibadan

Background: Tracheostomy is the creation of a communication between the trachea and the overlying skin, maintained by a tube. This is done either by an open or percutaneous technique. Anatomical and physiological variation of the paediatric trachea and adjoining structures necessitates finite skills...

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Main Authors: Oyeleye A Oyelakin, Adebolajo A Adeyemo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2020;volume=29;issue=2;spage=256;epage=260;aulast=Oyelakin