title: Enlargement of existing tracheostome using percutaneous dilators.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Bart's and The London NHS Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hardee
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pead
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*