[Scared atrophy of the cervical part of trachea as an effect of prolongated intubation].
Tracheal intubation is presently one of the basic medical procedures. It is connected with many different complications. One of them is tracheal stenosis, which occurs in 6-21 percent of patients after intubation of the trachea. In contrast to this high frequency of tracheal stenosis we didn't find any publications about complete atrophy of a big part of trachea after prolongated intubation and we describe a first case of such complication. The reasons and the possibilities of treatment in such situation are discussed.
Gawecki
Wojciech
W
Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej AM im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
Kopeć
Tomasz
T
Kruk-Zagajewska
Aleksandra
A
Wójtowicz
Jerzy
J
D001284:Atrophy; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014133:Tracheal Diseases; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000009:adverse effects