Late Life-Threatening Hemorrhage after Percutaneous Tracheostomy
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Late Life-Threatening Hemorrhage after Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Purpose. Formation of a tracheoinnominate artery fistula (TIF) and consecutive hemorrhage is a rare and life-threatening complication with high mortality. Warning symptoms can be absent. The current literature contains only few considerations for misleading signs, especially in cases where the contact between the tissue and the cannula is tight. Method and Results. We report two cases of life-t...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Otolaryngology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1687-9201,1687-921X
DOI: 10.1155/2011/890380