Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 73-75 , March 2008

Cook® Airway Exchange Catheter Used During Microlaryngeal Surgery

  • Cheng-Jing Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsun-Mo Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • I-Chen Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Lee-Ying Soo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Koung-Shing Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100, Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Received 29 August 2007 ,Revised 11 September 2007 ,Accepted 20 September 2007.

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60013-0

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60013-0

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 73-75 , March 2008

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