Enlargement of existing tracheostome using percutaneous dilators.
Children requiring long-term mechanical ventilation or with abnormalities of the upper airway may need a tracheostomy for prolonged periods of time. For these children, insertion of a larger tracheostomy tube may be required to match somatic growth. We describe a new method of enlarging the tracheal stoma in children, based on the existing technique of percutaneous dilational tracheostomy.
Chaudhry
Bill
B
Department of Anaesthesia, Bart's and The London NHS Trust, London, UK.
Hardee
Peter
P
Pead
Michael
M
D002648:Child; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*