Korean J Anesthesiol.
2011 Jun;60(6):434-436. 10.4097/kjae.2011.60.6.434.
Difficult tracheostomy tube placement in an obese patient with a short neck: A case report
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea. iloveu59@hallym.or.kr
- KMID: 1766658
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2011.60.6.434
Abstract
- We report a difficult case of tracheostomy in a 34-year-old obese woman with a short neck. The tracheostomy tube placement repeatedly failed because of anatomical changes due to obesity and a short neck, tracheal mucosal swelling due to prolonged intubation, and unexpected false passage; however, it was successfully performed using an endotracheal tube exchanger as a guidewire.
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