title: [Subcutaneous cervico-thoracic emphysema and pneumo-mediastinum following a tracheostomy].
abstract: Reporting the case of a man, 70-year-old, suffering a chronic obstructive lung disease of moderate degree linked to important Reinke's oedema, who underwent a tracheotomy, being troubled the immediate postoperative period with subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinitis, complications resolved favourably in a ten days term, and the patient could be decannulated.
authors.affiliation: Servicio ORL, Hospital Virgen de las Montañas, Villamartín, Cádiz.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rivarés Esteban
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Gil Paraíso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Navarro Díaz
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martín Martín
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Campos del Alamo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marín García
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*