Fractured Tracheostomy Tube - An Unusual Foreign Body in Tracheobronchial Tree

Introduction Approximately 20% of patients with tracheostomy are discharged from hospital with the tracheostomy  tube in situ. Proper long term care and management of such tracheostomy patients remains as a challenge to care givers. Fracture of metallic tracheostomy tube (TT) with aspiration of the...

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Main Authors: Sanu P Moideen, G Arun, M Mohan, Khizer Hussain Afroze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Association of Otolaryngologists of India, West Bengal 2017-08-01
Series:Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery
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Online Access:http://bjohns.in/journal/index.php/bjohns/article/view/225