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Airway obstruction surgery

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Overview

Surgery

Surgery

Sometimes an opening is made directly into the airway (tracheostomy or cricothyrotomy).

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References

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