Major Complications Encountered During 9979 Flexible Bronchoscopies Performed Under Local Anesthesia over 8 Years

Overview

Journal Lung India

Specialty Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2022 Jul 18

PMID 35848678

Authors

Valliappan Muthu

Babu Ram

Inderpaul Singh Sehgal

Sahajal Dhooria

Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad

Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal

Ritesh Agarwal

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