AI Article Synopsis
- Tracheostomy is a common procedure to secure airways, but it can lead to both early and late complications.
- This case focuses on a pediatric patient who had a broken tracheostomy tube that caused mild respiratory distress.
- The patient was effectively treated with neck exploration under general anesthesia, highlighting the challenges and solutions for managing airway complications in low-resource settings.
Article Abstract
Tracheostomy is commonly performed in patients to secure the airway. There are known early and late complications related to tracheostomy. Few case reports have described the rupture of the stem of the tracheostomy tube and its migration into the tracheobronchial tree. Here we describe a pediatric case with a broken stem of the tracheostomy tube in the trachea, acting as a foreign body and causing mild respiratory distress. The patient was successfully managed with neck exploration under general anesthesia using a supraglottic airway device in low-resource settings. In addition, we have described the potential problems that may be faced while managing the airway of such patients and how to deal with these complications.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10904353 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.53254 | DOI Listing |
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