Combined rigid videolaryngoscopy-flexible bronchoscopy for intubation
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Corresponding author: Sylvain Boet, M.D., MEd., Department of Anesthesiology, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada. Tel: 1-4168646060, Fax: 1-4168646014, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC To the Editor
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