Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 202, Issue 4 , Pages 618-622, April 2006

Percutaneous Tracheostomy: A Safe Procedure in the Morbidly Obese

Presented at American College of Surgeons 2005 Spring Meeting, Hollywood, FL, April 2005, and the Keystone Chapter Meeting of the American College of Surgeons, Tannersville, PA, May 2005.

Department of Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA

Received 17 August 2005; received in revised form 7 December 2005; accepted 12 December 2005.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

PII: S1072-7515(05)01898-3

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.12.009

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 202, Issue 4 , Pages 618-622, April 2006

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