Prolonged endotracheal intubation: a feasible option for tracheomalacia after retrosternal goitre surgery | Zendy

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Prolonged endotracheal intubation: a feasible option for tracheomalacia after retrosternal goitre surgery

Author(s) -

Wangang Ren,

Xingchen Shang,

Hong-Hao Fu,

Zhongmin Peng

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

annals of palliative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2224-5839

pISSN - 2224-5820

DOI - 10.21037/apm-19-552

Subject(s) - medicine , tracheomalacia , endotracheal intubation , intubation , surgery , anesthesia , thyroidectomy , tracheal intubation , multinodular goitre , airway , thyroid

Tracheomalacia may be caused by long-standing compression of retrosternal goitre because of destruction of support of tracheal cartilages. Life-threatening airway collapses may occur after surgical removal of goitre. However, available literature on management methods of tracheomalacia is sparse. Our study highlights prolonged endotracheal intubation as a feasible treatment method.

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