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PERCUTANEOUS DILATATIONAL TRACHEOSTOMY COMPLICATED BY DELAYED LIFE‐THREATENING HAEMORRHAGE
Author(s) -
Bernard Stephen A.,
Jones Bruce MacC.,
Shearer William A.
Publication year - 1992
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.1445-2197.1992.tb00017.x
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , surgery , general surgery
Book reviews in this article: Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy has become increasingly popular as an alternative to formal surgical tracheostomy. We report a case of profuse, life‐threatening haemorrhage which occurred after percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy.