[Subcutaneous cervico-thoracic emphysema and pneumo-mediastinum following a tracheostomy].
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.
Rivarés Esteban
J J
JJ
Servicio ORL, Hospital Virgen de las Montañas, Villamartín, Cádiz.
Gil Paraíso
P J
PJ
Navarro Díaz
F
F
Martín Martín
J M
JM
Campos del Alamo
M A
MA
Marín García
J
J
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*