The use of magnetic resonance imaging to assess tracheal stenosis following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
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The use of magnetic resonance imaging to assess tracheal stenosis following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy.
The incidence of tracheal stenosis following conventional tracheostomy has been reported as lying between one and 30 per cent. Methods used to assess the degree of stenosis include CT scanning, fibreoptic visualization and plain X-ray tomographs. The aim of this study was to assess the degree of stenosis in patients following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) using MRI scanning. This...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0022-2151,1748-5460
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100141222