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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.Entities:
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