A vallecular cyst in a patient with deep neck infection causing difficult airway management
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Corresponding author: Jun-Ro Yoon, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327, Sosa-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon 420-717, Korea. Tel: 82-32-340-7075, Fax: 82-32-340-2255, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://
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