Complications of tracheotomy.
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.
Mansfield
M D
MD
Department of Anaesthesia, City Hospital, Edinburgh.
Pugh
G C
GC
Brockway
M
M
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*