• Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Feb 1989

    Review

    Cricothyroidotomy, a useful alternative to tracheostomy in maxillofacial surgery.

    • R P Ward Booth, J Brown, and K Jones.
    • Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Sunderland District General Hospital, UK.
    • Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1989 Feb 1; 18 (1): 24-6.

    AbstractTracheostomy and prolonged intubation are traditionally used in maintaining the airway, particularly after extensive maxillofacial surgery. The literature reports significant morbidity and mortality from both these procedures. Cricothyroidotomy is proposed as a useful alternative in certain circumstances. Recent documentation suggests that traditional fears of subglottic stenosis after cricothyroidotomy are ill-founded. Cricothyroidotomy may also benefit the patient by quicker rehabilitation and in early mobilisation, compared with prolonged intubation. The surgical procedure is quick and easily performed, making it suitable for emergency airway control. Cricothyroidotomy is not appropriate in children or in patients with inflammation to the trachea, since these may predispose to subglottic stenosis.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…