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. 2011 Apr;27(2):290-1.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.81855.

Intraoperative kinking of the intraoral portion of an endotracheal tube

Uma Hariharan  1 , Rakesh Garg, Rajesh Sood, S Goel
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Intraoperative kinking of the intraoral portion of an endotracheal tube

Uma Hariharan et al. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2011 Apr.
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Figure 1
Kinked endotracheal tube
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Figure 2
Kinked endotracheal tube
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