International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 94-99 , March 2008

Emergency call: Trachea rupture in a child

  • A.M. Fette

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Lucerne, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lucerne, Switzerland
    • SRH Zentralklinikum Suhl, Pediatric Surgery (Head: Dr F Linke), Albrecht-Schweitzer-Str 2, 98527 Suhl/Thueringen, Germany, Tel.: +49 3681 35 5580.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Drosselstr. 4, 71554 Weissach im Tal, Germany, Tel.: +49 7191 53306; mobile: +49 172 9535127; fax: +49 7191 493947.
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  • Ch. Aufdenblatten

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Lucerne, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lucerne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • F.J.W. Lang

      Affiliations

    • ENT Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • M.G. Schwöbel

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Lucerne, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lucerne, Switzerland

Received 28 September 2007 ,Revised 1 December 2007 ,Accepted 4 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pedex.2007.12.003

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 94-99 , March 2008

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