ANAESTHESIOLOGY - GENERAL ANAESTHESIA / LETTER TO EDITOR
Failure of tracheal tube removal after surgery: a case report
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Department of Anaesthesia, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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Department of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Federal University of Health Sciences (FUHSI), Ila-Orangun, Nigeria
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Department of Surgery, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Submission date: 2025-10-28
Final revision date: 2025-12-31
Acceptance date: 2026-05-09
Publication date: 2026-05-29
Corresponding author
Abayomi Kolawole Ojo
Department of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Federal University of Health Sciences (FUHSI), Ila-Orangun, Nigeria
Department of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Federal University of Health Sciences (FUHSI), Ila-Orangun, Nigeria
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther 2026;58(1):106-109
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