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Light at a tunnel’s end: The lightwand as a rapid tracheal location aid when encountering false passage during tracheostomy

False passage and loss of airway during tracheostomy are not uncommon, especially in patients with short and thick necks. Distorted neck anatomy following either repeated insertion attempts or due to underlying malignancy may make it very difficult to locate the trachea even while attempting open/su...

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Autores principales: Goneppanavar, Umesh, Rao, Shwethapriya, Shetty, Nanda, Manjunath, Prabhu, Anjilivelil, Daniel Thomas, Iyer, Sadasivan S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3021830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21253348
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.74173