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Pneumothorax following tracheostomy and its management
Author(s) -
K. Salil Kumar,
P. Muraleedharan Nampoothiri,
R Suma,
P. Renu
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02993113
Subject(s) - medicine , otorhinolaryngology , head and neck surgery , pneumothorax , general surgery , airway management , intensive care medicine , surgery , airway
Although pneumothorax is a known complication of tracheostomy, bilateral pneumothorax is comparatively rare. The case of suuh a complication is being reported here in a patient with a glottic carinoma who underwent emergency trackeostamy and developed hilaterluttrl pneuimothoriax and its subsuente. management is discussed.

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