OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The ideal animal experimental tracheostomy technique is one that is 1) safe and easy to perform, 2) requires no tracheostomy tube, and 3) requires minimal cleaning or suctioning to maintain patency. The leporine model for airway injury has been well established and offers an inexpensive and practical animal model for experimental evaluation. However, previous research has ...

a-56-year-old woman underwent carpal tunnel release surgery under general anesthesia. thirty minutes after extubation, the patient complained of chest discomfort with dyspnea. swelling of the neck and upper anterior chest was observed. computed tomography of the chest showed tracheal rupture at the brachiocephalic trunk level, and bronchoscopy demonstrated a 5 cm linear tracheal defect in the p...

INTRODUCTION Early tracheal extubation is a common goal after cardiac surgery. Our study aims to examine whether timing of tracheal extubation predicts improved postoperative outcomes and late survival after cardiac surgery. We also evaluated the optimal timing of extubation and its association with better postoperative outcomes. METHODS Between 2002 and 2006, 1164 patients underwent early tr...

Tracheal rupture is a rare complication of endotracheal intubation. We present a case of tracheal rupture that was diagnosed intraoperatively after the use of an NIM EMG endotracheal tube. A 66-year-old female with a recurrent multinodular goiter was scheduled for total thyroidectomy. Induction of anesthesia was uncomplicated. Intubation was atraumatic using a 6 mm NIM EMG endotracheal tube (ET...

A 52-year-old woman with tracheal lesions underwent tracheal resection and carina reconstruction directly because histopathologic diagnosis was not obtained before surgery. Postoperative pathological analysis confirmed a diagnosis of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. Subsequently, she suffered serious complications of tracheal stenosis, bronchial stenosis, and tracheoesophageal...