| Literature DB >> 27999783 |
Pagona Kamparoudi1, Dimitrios Paliouras2, Apostolos S Gogakos2, Thomas Rallis2, Nikolaos C Schizas2, Achilleas Lazopoulos2, Fotios Chatzinikolaou3, Pavlos Sarafis4, Paschalitsa Serchan1, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis5, Eirini Sarika5, Paul Zarogoulidis6, Ilias Karapantzos7, Nikolaos Barbetakis2.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Tracheostomy; emergency; hemorrhage; thyroidea-ima artery
Year: 2016 PMID: 27999783 PMCID: PMC5159410 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2016.11.04
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Transl Med ISSN: 2305-5839