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Difficult tracheostomy tube insertion rescued by an angiographic catheter

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226014, India

    Rudrashish Haldar & Prakhar Gyanesh

  2. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, 226014, India

    Sukhen Samanta

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Haldar, R., Samanta, S. & Gyanesh, P. Difficult tracheostomy tube insertion rescued by an angiographic catheter. J Anesth 27, 787–788 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-013-1614-8

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