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Skin avulsion injury during endotracheal tube extubation – case report of an unusual complication
We report a geriatric case with a full-thickness skin avulsion injury during extubation due to a tube securing tape used to fixate the endotracheal tube. The avulsed skin was sutured back to its original place. Based on this single geriatric patient, we recommend anesthesiologists/anesthetists and s...
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2438342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18495010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-2-12 |