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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct 26;2021(10):omab103.
doi: 10.1093/omcr/omab103. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Gross pneumomediastinum-a rare complication of minitracheostomy

Sae Aratani  1 , Hiromasa Ishii  1 , Yuki Genda  2   3 , Shoko Haraguchi  1 , Takumi Horikoshi  1 , Toshiki Funakoshi  1 , Akio Hirama  1 , Akiko Mii  1 , Tetsuya Kashiwagi  1 , Yukinao Sakai  1
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Gross pneumomediastinum-a rare complication of minitracheostomy

Sae Aratani et al. Oxf Med Case Reports. .
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The massive pneumomediastinum was detected.
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