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A serious complication of minitracheotomy
Author(s) -
McEWAN A. I.,
FRANCIS G. A.,
CLARKE J. T.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1991.tb09919.x
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , thoracotomy , pleural cavity , surgery
Summary A previously unreported complication of minitracheotomy is described. The minitracheotomy introducer was lost into the pleural cavity and a thoracotomy was required to remove it.