Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2016 Mar 8:2016:bcr2015213963.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-213963.

Fractured tracheostomy tube presenting as a foreign body in a paediatric patient

Suman Lata Gupta  1 , Srinivasan Swaminathan  2 , Ravivalar Ramya  2 , Satyen Parida  2
Affiliations
Case Reports

Fractured tracheostomy tube presenting as a foreign body in a paediatric patient

Suman Lata Gupta et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Tracheostomy tube fracture and aspiration into the tracheobronchial tree leading to airway obstruction is a dangerous complication after tracheostomy. We report a case of a fractured tracheostomy tube in a 6-year-old child who had been maintained on a tracheostomy tube for the past 5 years. The tracheostomy tube got fractured at the junction of the tube and neck plate, and impacted in the trachea and right main bronchus. Rigid bronchoscopy performed through the tracheostomy stoma to retrieve the fractured tracheostomy tube and the anaesthetic management during the period are discussed.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Chest X-ray showing fractured tracheostomy tube.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Fractured and displaced tracheostomy tube after removal.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

References

    1. Bassoe HH, Boe J. Broken tracheotomy tube as a foreign body. Lancet 1960;1:1006–7. 10.1016/S0140-6736(60)90890-4 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Piromchai P, Lertchanaruengrit P, Vatanasapt P et al. . Fractured metallic tracheostomy tube in a child: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep 2010;4:234 10.1186/1752-1947-4-234 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Antwi-Kusi A, Osei-Ampofo M, Mohammed DI et al. . Fractured tracheostomy tube—a case report of a 3-year-old Ghanaian child. Afr J Emerg Med 2012;2:114–16. 10.1016/j.afjem.2012.01.002 - DOI
    1. Krishnamurthy A, Vijayalakshmi R. Broken tracheostomy tube: a fractured mandate. J Emerg Trauma Shock 2012;5:97–9. 10.4103/0974-2700.93098 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Parida PK, Kalaiarasi R, Gopalakrishnan S et al. . Fractured and migrated tracheostomy tube in the tracheobronchial tree. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2014;78:1472–5. 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.06.011 - DOI - PubMed

Publication types