Difficult airway challenges-intubation and extubation matters in a case of large goiter with retrosternal extension
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عنوان ژورنال: Anesthesia: Essays and Researches
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0259-1162
DOI: 10.4103/0259-1162.152421