title: A serious complication of minitracheotomy.
abstract: A previously unreported complication of minitracheotomy is described. The minitracheotomy introducer was lost into the pleural cavity and a thoracotomy was required to remove it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, St George's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: McEwan
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000295:instrumentation*