Anesthesia of a patient with an obstructing tracheal mass: a new way to manage the airway.
A case of upper airway obstruction due to thyroid tumor requiring surgery is presented. Successful establishment of an open tracheal airway was achieved by the insertion of an endotracheal stent and was followed 10 days later by tracheal resection and anastomosis.
Licker
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Division of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
Schweizer
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A
Nicolet
G
G
Hohn
L
L
Spiliopoulos
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A
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D015607:Stents; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*