Volume : IV, Issue : II, February - 2014
Iatrogenic Bilateral Pneumothorax And Massive Subcutaneous Emphysema During Tracheostomy Cannula Exchange
Umran Toru, Mehmet Sait Nceb Y K, Zeki Tahsin Yapakc , Aylin Zorlu, Tuncay Vatansever
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Tracheostomy is one of the commonly performed surgical procedures in intensive care units (ICUs) and it has numerous complications such as bleeding, airway loss, failure of the successful airway placement, damage to adjacent structures and pneumothorax. Although pneumothorax is a known complication of tracheostomy, bilateral pneumothorax along with subcutaneous emphysema (SE) is quite rare in the literature. Therefore, we described a case of bilateral pneumothorax and massive SE due to traumatic tracheostomy
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DOI : 10.36106/ijar
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Umran Toru, Mehmet Sait İncebıyık, Zeki Tahsin Yapakcı , Aylin Zorlu,Tuncay Vatansever Iatrogenic Bilateral Pneumothorax And Massive
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Umran Toru, Mehmet Sait İncebıyık, Zeki Tahsin Yapakcı , Aylin Zorlu,Tuncay Vatansever Iatrogenic Bilateral Pneumothorax And Massive Subcutaneous Emphysema During Tracheostomy Cannula Exchange Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue. II
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