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Case Reports
. 1993 Dec;71(6):898-901.
doi: 10.1093/bja/71.6.898.

Complications of tracheotomy

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Complications of tracheotomy

M D Mansfield et al. Br J Anaesth. 1993 Dec.
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Abstract

A patient underwent elective tracheotomy before resection of the floor of the mouth. After operation, several life-threatening complications arose from this tracheotomy, including surgical emphysema of the tracheal mucosa which has not been described previously.

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