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Review
. 2000 Oct 21;321(7267):1000-2.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7267.1000.

Lesson of the week: tracheal stenosis after intubation

N Spittle  1 , A McCluskey
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Review

Lesson of the week: tracheal stenosis after intubation

N Spittle et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Computed tomogram showing tracheal stenosis throughout length of trachea (reproduced with patient's permission)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Computed tomograms showing (top) trachea narrowed to size of paediatric tracheal tube and (bottom) paediatric tracheal tube below level of stenosis within trachea of normal calibre (reproduced with patient's permission)
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