Broken Scalpel Blade During Emergent Cricothyroidotomy: An Unexpected Complication in a Critical Situation

Scalpel-bougie cricothyroidotomy is the most common surgical procedure to obtain emergency airway access when routine methods fail. We present a case of a broken scalpel blade during emergency cricothyroidotomy further complicating respiratory access.

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Autores principales: Sharma, Arindam, Sharma, Shreyak, Sharma, Arunima, Muddassir, Khawaja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7386060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32754405
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8868
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description Scalpel-bougie cricothyroidotomy is the most common surgical procedure to obtain emergency airway access when routine methods fail. We present a case of a broken scalpel blade during emergency cricothyroidotomy further complicating respiratory access.
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spelling pubmed-73860602020-08-03 Broken Scalpel Blade During Emergent Cricothyroidotomy: An Unexpected Complication in a Critical Situation Sharma, Arindam Sharma, Shreyak Sharma, Arunima Muddassir, Khawaja Cureus Emergency Medicine Scalpel-bougie cricothyroidotomy is the most common surgical procedure to obtain emergency airway access when routine methods fail. We present a case of a broken scalpel blade during emergency cricothyroidotomy further complicating respiratory access. Cureus 2020-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7386060/ /pubmed/32754405 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8868 Text en Copyright © 2020, Sharma et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Emergency Medicine
Sharma, Arindam
Sharma, Shreyak
Sharma, Arunima
Muddassir, Khawaja
Broken Scalpel Blade During Emergent Cricothyroidotomy: An Unexpected Complication in a Critical Situation
title Broken Scalpel Blade During Emergent Cricothyroidotomy: An Unexpected Complication in a Critical Situation
title_full Broken Scalpel Blade During Emergent Cricothyroidotomy: An Unexpected Complication in a Critical Situation
title_fullStr Broken Scalpel Blade During Emergent Cricothyroidotomy: An Unexpected Complication in a Critical Situation
title_full_unstemmed Broken Scalpel Blade During Emergent Cricothyroidotomy: An Unexpected Complication in a Critical Situation
title_short Broken Scalpel Blade During Emergent Cricothyroidotomy: An Unexpected Complication in a Critical Situation
title_sort broken scalpel blade during emergent cricothyroidotomy: an unexpected complication in a critical situation
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7386060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32754405
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8868
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