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A Percutaneous Laryngotome for Acute Upper Airway Obstruction
Author(s) -
Watts J. McK.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1967.tb04015.x
Subject(s) - medicine , airway obstruction , endotracheal intubation , airway , safer , intubation , percutaneous , cricothyrotomy , anesthesia , airway management , intensive care medicine , surgery , computer security , computer science
In adults with acute upper airway obstruction and in whom endotracheal, intubation is impossible, temporary laryngotomy is a simpler and safer alternative to emergency tracheostomy. A new instrument is described which permits temporary laryngotomy to be performed with speed and safety in such an emergency.