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Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy: collaborative team approach for safe airway management

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We would like to thank the participants in the Clinical Anatomy Laboratory of Keio University School of Medicine for their kind cooperation.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

    Koichiro Saito

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroshi Morisaki

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Saito, K., Morisaki, H. Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy: collaborative team approach for safe airway management. J Anesth 27, 161–165 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-012-1522-3

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