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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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Autores principales: Yilmaz, Berkhan, Colakoglu, Kutay, Gurunluoglu, Raffi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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