Iatrogenic tracheal rent: When oxygen supply was cut off by the surgeon!

Airways of postradiotherapy and postchemotherapy female oncosurgical patients on steroid therapy are devitalized and any airway handling in such patients commands caution. We report a case of a large iatrogenic tracheal rent occurring during manipulation of a flexometallic tube through a tracheostom...

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Main Authors: Shagun Bhatia Shah, Itee Chowdhury, Soumi Pathak, Ajay Kumar Bhargava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum
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Online Access:http://www.theiaforum.org/article.asp?issn=0973-0311;year=2017;volume=18;issue=1;spage=14;epage=18;aulast=Shah