Extensive gas-forming infection of the deep neck and laryngeal spaces
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Ashwani Sethi1 Deepika Sareen2 Sumit Mrig3 A.K.Agarwal4 1M.S.; Senior resident, Department of ENT; M.A.M.C. and associated L.N. Hospital 2M.B.B.S.; Junior resident, Department of ENT; M.A.M.C. and associated L.N.Hospital. 3M.B.B.S.; Junior resident, Department of ENT; M.A.M.C. and associated L.N.Hospital 4M.S.; Director Professor, Department of ENT &Dean, M.A.M.C. and associated L.N.Hospital From the Department of ENT & Head and Neck Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated L. N. Hospital, New Delhi110002.
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