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. 2017 Oct-Dec;11(4):507-508.
doi: 10.4103/sja.SJA_219_17.

Concealed kinking of pediatric flexometallic tube at fixation point

Uma Hariharan  1 , Priyanka Shrivastava  1 , Alka Gupta  1 , Nihar Nalini Senapati  1
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Concealed kinking of pediatric flexometallic tube at fixation point

Uma Hariharan et al. Saudi J Anaesth. 2017 Oct-Dec.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The removed flexometallic tube along with the fixation tapes
Figure 2
Figure 2
Kinking of the armored endotracheal tube at the fixation point (14 cm mark)
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