Open AccessIatrogenic tracheal rent: When oxygen supply was cut off by the surgeon!
Author(s) -
Shagun Bhatia Shah,
Itee Chowdhury,
Soumi Pathak,
Ajay Bhargava
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the indian anaesthetists' forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-7934
pISSN - 0973-0311
DOI - 10.4103/theiaforum.theiaforum_27_16
Subject(s) - stoma (medicine) , medicine , esophagectomy , surgery , airway , general surgery , esophageal cancer , cancer
Airways of postradiotherapy and postchemotherapy female oncosurgical patients on steroid therapy are devitalized and any airway handling in such patients commands caution. We report a case of a large iatrogenic tracheal rent occurring during manipulation of a flexometallic tube through a tracheostomy stoma created in a patient with postcricoid carcinoma undergoing esophagectomy and gastric pull-up surgery. The timely detection, emergent, and postoperative management strategies are discussed below