Pneumothorax following tracheostomy and its management

Autor: K. Salil Kumar, P. Renu, P. Muraleedharan Nampoothiri, R. Suma
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. 54:236-237
ISSN: 0973-7707
0019-5421
DOI: 10.1007/bf02993113
Popis: 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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