Acute airway obstruction: a complication of aluminum tape wrapping of tracheal tubes in laser surgery.
A case is reported of acute airway obstruction arising from the use of a tracheal tube wrapped with aluminum tape during laryngeal surgery with a carbon dioxide laser. Problems associated with aluminum tape wrapping of tracheal tubes are discussed.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D000535:Aluminum / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D010212:Papilloma / Q000601:surgery; D014132:Trachea
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D000535:Aluminum