CORONA-steps for tracheotomy in COVID-19 patients: A staff-safe method for airway management

Affiliations

¹ Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Laveran Military Teaching Hospital, Laveran Boulevard, 13013 Marseille, France. Electronic address: pierre.haen@yahoo.fr.
² Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Percy Military Teaching Hospital, 1 Lieutenant Raoul Batany Street, 92140 Clamart, France.
³ Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Laveran Military Teaching Hospital, Laveran Boulevard, 13013 Marseille, France.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit, Laveran Military Teaching Hospital, Laveran Boulevard, 13013 Marseille, France.

Comment

Pierre Haen et al. Oral Oncol. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun:105:104729.

doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104729. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

¹ Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Laveran Military Teaching Hospital, Laveran Boulevard, 13013 Marseille, France. Electronic address: pierre.haen@yahoo.fr.
² Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Percy Military Teaching Hospital, 1 Lieutenant Raoul Batany Street, 92140 Clamart, France.
³ Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Laveran Military Teaching Hospital, Laveran Boulevard, 13013 Marseille, France.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit, Laveran Military Teaching Hospital, Laveran Boulevard, 13013 Marseille, France.

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Keywords: Airway management; Coronavirus disease 2019; Health-care worker; Safety; Tracheostomy.

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declared that there is no conflict of interest.

CORONA-steps for tracheotomy in COVID-19 patients: A staff-safe method for airway management.
Pichi B, Mazzola F, Bonsembiante A, Petruzzi G, Zocchi J, Moretto S, De Virgilio A, Pellini R. Pichi B, et al. Oral Oncol. 2020 Jun;105:104682. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104682. Epub 2020 Apr 6. Oral Oncol. 2020. PMID: 32278111 Free PMC article.

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