Microlaryngobronchoscopy Without Tracheostomy in Large Subglottic Cyst Obliterating Airway

Subglottic airway foreign body: a near miss.

T HIS image was obtained during a direct laryngoscopy of a 4-yr-old boy. He experienced a choking episode after a witnessed aspiration of a sunflower seed. The seed is lodged at the level of the cricoid. On arrival in the emergency department, the patient was alert with an oxygen saturation of 96%, tachypneic with inspiratory stridor, nasal flaring, subcostal retractions, and accessory muscle u...

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Impossible Airway Requiring Venovenous Bypass for Tracheostomy

The elective surgical airway is the definitive management for a tracheal stenotic lesion that is not a candidate for tracheal resection, or who has failed multiple-tracheal dilations. This case report details the management of a patient who has failed an elective awake tracheostomy secondary to the inability to be intubated as well as severe scar tissue at the surgical site. A combination of re...

Very large hydatid cyst in the 17-year-old Woman

A 17-year-old female presented with dyspnea, chest pain, and a very large cyst occupying the entire right hemithorax Figure 1(A, B). The patient is under full cyst extending to membrane Figure 2 (A, B).

Electrocautery-induced airway fire during tracheostomy.

Although most of the recent attention regarding airway fires has focused on the intraoperative use of the laser, it is important to remember that electrocautery may also serve as a source of ignition during surgery involving the airway and/or oropharyngeal cavity. This subject is mentioned in only a handful of isolated reports in the recent literature (1-3). The following is, we believe, the fi...