A serious complication of minitracheotomy.
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.
McEwan
A I
AI
Department of Anaesthesia, St George's Hospital, London.
Francis
G A
GA
Clarke
J T
JT
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000295:instrumentation*