Tracheotomy Cannula as a Foreign Body in Pediatric Airway Management

  • Víctor Daniel Giraldo Cobo MD, Anesthesiologist, Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia
Keywords: Tracheotomy Airway management Anesthesia Lymphangioma

Abstract

Proper airway management is a challenge for every anesthesiologist. During a shift in the emergency room, a difficult airway often appears both in cases of trauma and medical pathology. The tracheotomy cannula is a device suited to ensure airway opening of patients with obstruction or lesion of the upper respiratory tract. In this medical case, a 7 year old female child is admitted at the emergency service with an episode of respiratory distress caused by rupture of a silver tracheotomy cannula, previously implanted due to a submandibular tumoral lesion. This is a rare case with little investigation in international medical literature The case was approached with interdisciplinary management including Pediatric surgery and Pulmonology with satisfactory outcome.

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Giraldo Cobo VD. Tracheotomy Cannula as a Foreign Body in Pediatric Airway Management. Colomb. J. Anesthesiol. [Internet]. 2012 Apr. 1 [cited 2024 May 5];40(2):145-9. Available from: https://www.revcolanest.com.co/index.php/rca/article/view/826

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Giraldo Cobo VD. Tracheotomy Cannula as a Foreign Body in Pediatric Airway Management. Colomb. J. Anesthesiol. [Internet]. 2012 Apr. 1 [cited 2024 May 5];40(2):145-9. Available from: https://www.revcolanest.com.co/index.php/rca/article/view/826
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