A permanent tube-free tracheostomy in a morbidly obese patient with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
Eliashar
Ron
R
Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. ron@eliashar.com
Goldfarb
Abraham
A
Gross
Menachem
M
Sichel
Jean-Yves
JY
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*