title: Percutaneous tracheostomy-beware of the thyroidea-ima artery.
abstract: Percutaneous tracheostomy is a minimally invasive operation performed in patients, in order to provide an air passage through the windpipe. A rare cause of severe bleeding during such operation is the injury of the thyroidea-ima artery. This case report presents a patient with hemorrhage after thyroidea-ima injury during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy. Surgeons should always be aware of such anatomic variation, in order to prevent urgent sternotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Pagona
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kamparoudi
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Department, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paliouras
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Department, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Apostolos S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gogakos
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Department, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rallis
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Department, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Nikolaos C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Schizas
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Department, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Achilleas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lazopoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Fotios
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chatzinikolaou
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Pavlos
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sarafis
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Paschalitsa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serchan
authors.affiliation: Surgery Department (NHS), University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katsikogiannis
authors.affiliation: Surgery Department (NHS), University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: Eirini
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sarika
authors.affiliation: Forensic Medicine Department, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zarogoulidis
authors.affiliation: Ear, Nose and Throat Department, "Saint Luke" Private Hospital, Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karapantzos
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Department, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barbetakis
keywords: Tracheostomy; emergency; hemorrhage; thyroidea-ima artery