Minitracheostomy in elective surgery of the larynx: an alternative to formal tracheostomy.
A patient scheduled for surgical removal of a giant polyp of the larynx, and in whom difficult orotracheal intubation was anticipated in the preoperative visit, was managed successfully with a minitracheostomy performed with a Mini-Trach II kit. The ventilation achieved was adequate throughout the procedure. Thus, conventional tracheostomy was avoided.
Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital de la Santa Cruz y San Pablo, Barcelona, Spain.
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Casas
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Ferrándiz
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Correa
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Pablo
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González
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Villar-Landeira
D000328:Adult; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011127:Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*