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Delayed Post-Operative Subcutaneous Emphysema

The authors present the case of an 87-year-old woman who developed a delayed onset of subcutaneous emphysema post-operatively. We discuss the causative factors - in this case, presumed injury to her hypo-pharynx during a reportedly uneventful endotracheal intubation, the investigations and the manag...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Yuchen, Rajagopal, Rajini, Germain, Stephanie, Silva, Priyamal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7925055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33680595
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13051