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Awake tracheotomy in a patient with stridor and dyspnoea caused by a sizeable malignant thyroid tumor: a case report and short review of the literature

Individual airway management is mandatory in patients with large goiters undergoing thyroid surgery. Preoperative endoscopic airway evaluation and imaging studies can support clinical decision making. Awake tracheotomy can be an effective and reasonable airway management strategy in such patients.

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Autores principales: Hohn, Andreas, Kauliņš, Tālis, Hinkelbein, Jochen, Kauliņa, Krista, Kopp, Andreas, Russo, Sebastian G., Kohlen, Sigurd, Schröder, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1216