High frequency jet ventilation in the management of intra-operative tracheal injury.
A patient undergoing pharyngo-oesphagectomy with gastric transposition sustained a large tracheal tear during the blind oesophageal dissection. High frequency jet ventilation was successfully employed in the acute airway management and continued postoperatively.
Hodgson
C A
CA
Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
Mostafa
S M
SM
D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006611:High-Frequency Jet Ventilation; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries*