First tracheal ring fracture in a complex thyroid surgery
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Tracheal ring fracture and pseudomembrane formation after percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy.
To the Editor: Various complications from percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) have been reported in the literature. Tracheal ring fracture can take place while either using single or sequential dilators during the procedure.1 Fibrinous tracheal pseudomembranes can also appear in previously intubated patient.2 Recently, we encountered a case in which both tracheal ring fracture and pseu...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2210-2612
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.12.012