[Salvage of a patient with respiratory distress caused by tracheal obstruction, by use of a Fogarty catheter].
The author observed a state of acute asphyxia due to a mucosal plug in a patient undergoing total laryngectomy. After failure of classical methods of removal and the plug and in view of the critical state of the patient, a heroic procedure was used: extraction of the mucosal plug using a Fogarty catheter, as used in arterial surgery.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications*
Sauvetage d'une détresse respiratoire par obstruction trachéale grace a l'emploi d'une sonde de Fogarty