Using Pericardium Allograft in Closing Tracheal Fistula after Removing Tracheotomy Tube

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  • Fereidoon Sirati Department of Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Shahrokh Attarian Department of Plastic Surgery, Zanajan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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volume 6  issue None

pages  251- 253

publication date 2017-04

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