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Anaesth Intensive Care · Jun 2006
Case ReportsCricothyroidotomy: a short-term measure for elective ventilation in a patient with challenging neck anatomy.
- H G W Paw and S Sharma.
- Intensive Care Unit, York Hospital, United Kingdom.
- Anaesth Intensive Care. 2006 Jun 1;34(3):384-7.
AbstractCricothyroidotomy is a well established technique of airway management in emergency situations where translaryngeal intubation cannot be achieved. This case report describes a case where cricothyroidotomy was used for elective ventilation for short period of 48 hours in a patient who had a vocal cord palsy, supraglottic oedema and inflammation. Surgical tracheostomy was considered the preferred option, but this was deemed impossible due to the challenging neck anatomy in this case.
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