title: Pneumothorax following tracheostomy and its management.
abstract: Although pneumothorax is a known complication of tracheostomy, bilateral pneumothorax is comparatively rare. The case of suuh a complication is being reported here in a patient with a glottic carinoma who underwent emergency trackeostamy and developed hilaterluttrl pneuimothoriax and its subsuente. management is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of ENT, MCH, Calicut, Kerala.
authors.forename: K Salil
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: P Muraleedharan
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Nampoothiri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suma
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Renu
keywords: Tracheostomy complication; bilateral pneumothorax