Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in a patient with thyroid cancer and severe airway obstruction

A patient with extensive metastatic thyroid cancer scheduled for palliative tracheostomy is presented. He had laryngeal dislocation with severe airway obstruction and few anatomical landmarks due to tumour infiltration and radiation. Successful percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy was performed un...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 1999-04, Vol.43 (4), p.483-485
Hauptverfasser:	Aadahl, P., Nordgård, S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged airway obstruction Airway Obstruction - etiology Airway Obstruction - therapy Anesthesia, Local Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Anesthetics, Local - administration & dosage Biological and medical sciences Carcinoma, Medullary - secondary Catheterization - instrumentation Catheterization - methods Emergency and intensive respiratory care Fatal Outcome Head and Neck Neoplasms - secondary Humans Intensive care medicine Intubation, Intratracheal - instrumentation Intubation, Intratracheal - methods Laryngeal Diseases - etiology Lidocaine - administration & dosage Male Medical sciences Palliative Care PDT Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy Thyroid Neoplasms - complications Tracheostomy - instrumentation Tracheostomy - methods
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Zusammenfassung:	A patient with extensive metastatic thyroid cancer scheduled for palliative tracheostomy is presented. He had laryngeal dislocation with severe airway obstruction and few anatomical landmarks due to tumour infiltration and radiation. Successful percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy was performed under local anaesthesia.
ISSN:	0001-5172 1399-6576
DOI:	10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430420.x