Lateral mediastinal tracheostomy in benign disease: an uncommon procedure for a rare indication.
Tracheostomy is sometimes required for long-term ventilation in patients with a challenging cervical anatomy. We present a case of a patient requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation with prohibitive cervical anatomy for standard tracheostomy secondary to severe ankylosing spondylitis and a cervical spine fracture.
Deslauriers
Nancy
N
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Jacques
Frederic
F
Danino
Alain
A
Harris
Patrick
P
Martin
Jocelyne
J
Liberman
Moishe
M
Duranceau
André
A
Ferraro
Pasquale
P
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*