title: Complications of tracheotomy.
abstract: A patient underwent elective tracheotomy before resection of the floor of the mouth. After operation, several life-threatening complications arose from this tracheotomy, including surgical emphysema of the tracheal mucosa which has not been described previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, City Hospital, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Mansfield
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Pugh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brockway
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D004646:Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*