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Case Reports
. 2016 Jul 5:2016:bcr2016215761.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-215761.

Airway compromising an airway

Andrew Wesley Hoey  1 , Neil Foden  2 , Richard Oakley  2
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Case Reports

Airway compromising an airway

Andrew Wesley Hoey et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Chest X-ray demonstrating dislodged metal outer cannula resting in the left main bronchus. The metal base plate and remaining inner tube of the tracheostomy can also be seen.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Silver Negus outer cannula being removed from the left main bronchus (A) and the tracheostomy stoma (B).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Fractured silver Negus tracheostomy tube showing fracture of OC from BP and the fracture site (*). BP, base plate; OC, outer cannula.
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