Successful Airway Management in a Patient with Tracheal Stenosis and Tracheoesophageal Fistula: a Case Report
| Autor: | Hamid Reza Davari, Sahar Latifi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta Medica Iranica, Vol 52, Iss 7 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0044-6025 1735-9694 |
| Popis: | A twenty-year-old girl was referred with tracheal stenosis (TS) which was a consequence of prolonged intubation after head injury because of previous car accident. The patient was aphasic and had normal respiration. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy showed complete tracheal obstruction at second tracheal ring level. Distal trachea was normal through tracheostomy tube. Removal of the tracheostomy tube and blind reinsertion with a new one was complicated with hypoxia and respiratory distress. Fibrotic bronchoscopy revealed large tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) below tracheal obstruction. Reinsertion of the tracheostomy tube by fiber optic bronchoscope was successful. Multidetector CT scan was performed on the same day with confirmation of TS combined with TEF. Surgery was performed on the next day. No clinical evidence of TEF was found in back history. Inadequate evaluation of the whole length of the trachea during the first bronchoscopy was the reasons for missing TEF. TEF should be considered in patients with TS in spite of no typical symptom such as food aspiration or pulmonary infections. |
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