Posterior tracheal wall perforation during percutaneous dilational tracheostomy: An investigation into its mechanism and prevention

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1383-1389

  Trottier, Steven J ^a,d   Hazard, Patrick B ^b   Sakabu, Stanley A ^a   Levine, Jeffery H ^a   Troop, Bryan R ^a   Thompson, Jeffery A ^a   McNary, Richard ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Smiths Medical   (United States)

^d ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Critically ill; Fiberoptic bronchoscopy; Guiding catheter; Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy; Posterior tracheal wall injury; Posterior tracheal wall perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS PERFORATION; CADAVER; CATHETER; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TRACHEA MUCOSA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0032921308     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.5.1383     Document Type: Article

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