title: Percutaneous placement of tracheal T tube.
abstract: Tracheal T tubes provide effective palliation of unresectable benign and malignant tracheal obstruction, but placement may be difficult when previous operation, radiation, or tumor limits surgical exposure of the cervical trachea. Percutaneous placement using commercially available percutaneous tracheostomy kits may provide an alternative approach in these cases.
authors.affiliation: Section of General Thoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-6310, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vallières
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D011677:Punctures; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy