Permanent Tracheostomy

Thoracoscopic Lobectomy in a Patient with Permanent Tracheostomy

One Lung Ventilation (OLV) is the preferred method of anesthesia in the vast majority of thoracic operations, especially thoracoscopic procedures. Although double lumen endotracheal tubes are usually used to conduct OLV during thoracic operations, in patients with permanent tracheostomy, because of short trachea, keeping these tubes safe in place is usually difficult. Thus, OLV in patients with...

Permanent tracheostomy: its social impacts and their management in Ondo State, Southwest, Nigeria.

BACKGROUND Upper respiratory tract obstruction resulting from bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve damage is commonly managed with permanent tracheostomy in our environment. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the social impacts of permanent tracheostomy and its management in Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four patients were managed with permanent tracheostomy due to bilateral laryng...

Tracheostomy.

Tracheostomy.

Tracheostomy is a common procedure used by a wide variety of surgeons. Complications after tracheostomy have been used as a rationale for prolonging a translaryngeal intubation. Understanding the pathogenesis of tracheostomy complications combined with meticulous surgical and perioperative management avoids the majority of complications. The remaining complications are readily managed and shoul...

Tracheostomy.