Primary tracheal tumours are histologically similar but 100 times less common than main stem tumours. We report a case of primary tracheal schwannoma in a middle aged man. He had chronic cough for 2 years, and developed hemoptysis and stridor in the days preceding to presentation. He was treated by resection of the tumour and primary anatomosis of the trachea. The patient recovered well after s...

Tracheal stenosis refers to a reduction in the size of the tracheal lumen and can be due to a myriad of reasons, but the most common remains trauma. In iatrogenic situations, internal trauma is the most likely culprit, resulting from prolonged intubation. Our case reviews a patient who developed severe tracheal stenosis (90% reduction in lumen size) within a month of a threeday- long intubation...

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...

BACKGROUND The air-Q Intubating Laryngeal Airway (ILA) (Cookgas LLC, Mercury Medical, Clearwater, FL) is a supraglottic airway device available in pediatric sizes, with design features to facilitate passage of cuffed tracheal tubes when used to guide tracheal intubation. We designed this prospective observational study of the ILA to assess the ease of its placement in paralyzed pediatric patien...

Tracheal defects can lead to difficulties in airway management in newborns. Tracheal atresia is a very rare entity with high mortality that presents a challenge to the anesthesiologist. We report a case of a newborn with tracheal atresia, esophageal atresia and double tracheoesophageal fistula, which ventilation, until the 6th day of life, was assured through an esophageal intubation.

We report a newborn with esophageal atresia (EA) in whom right tracheal bronchus (TB) and a tracheal diverticulum were identified intra-operatively. The right TB was further confirmed on MRI scan performed post-operatively. Such a tracheal trifurcation associated with EA has not been reported hitherto from Indian subcontinent.

We report on the application of a venovenous type extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) in high-risk tracheal procedures in six cases consisting of five patients with tracheal stenosis. An ECMO should be helpful for preventing respiratory emergency during a tracheal procedure.