title: Fractured tracheostomy tube in the tracheo-bronchial tree.
abstract: Tracheostomy is a life saving procedure and many a times patients are discharged with permanent tracheostomy tubes. However, fracture of tracheostomy tube with subsequent migration into the tracheobronchial tree is uncommon and carries the potentially fatal risk of respiratory obstruction. In this report, a case of a 6-year-old boy is presented, who had aspirated a fractured tracheostomy tube which had lodged in the left bronchus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India. sajidshafique@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Sajid Shafique
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: Devendra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chaukar
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dcruz
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010212:Papilloma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014132:Trachea; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome