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Pneumothorax following tracheostomy and its management.

K Salil Kumar1, P Muraleedharan Nampoothiri, R Suma, P Renu.   

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.

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Keywords:  Tracheostomy complication; bilateral pneumothorax

Year:  2002        PMID: 23119902      PMCID: PMC3450447          DOI: 10.1007/BF02993113

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg        ISSN: 2231-3796


  2 in total

1.  Complications of tracheostomy.

Authors:  W W GLAS; O J KING; A LUI
Journal:  Arch Surg       Date:  1962-07

2.  Fatal complications of tracheotomy.

Authors:  E A Stemmer; C Oliver; J P Carey; J E Connolly
Journal:  Am J Surg       Date:  1976-03       Impact factor: 2.565

  2 in total

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