Pseudo-tumour of the trachea as a complication of tracheostomy

Wojciech Żurek; Piotr Chwirot

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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Pseudo-tumour of the trachea as a complication of tracheostomy

Wojciech Żurek

,

Piotr Chwirot

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2011; 8 (3): 404–408

Online publish date: 2011/09/30

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Tracheostomy is an operative procedure that creates a surgical airway in the cervical trachea. One of the indications for tracheostomy is respiratory insufficiency and prolongated artificial ventilation. Tracheostomy has a high risk of complications including risk of tracheal stenosis.

The aim of this paper is to present a rare complication of tracheostomy – a pseudo-tumour of the trachea caused by subcutaneous fatty tissue herniation in the hole cut out in the tracheal cartilage. While the patient was prepared for operation, pseudo-tumour migrated by itself out of tracheal lumen. Follow up bronchoscopies showed no symptoms of pseudo – tumour relapse. Tracheostomy is an operative procedure with a high risk of complications including risk of tracheal stenosis. Correct surgical technique diminishes the risk of complications. During surgical tracheostomy one should avoid to cut a hole out of the tracheal cartilage, vertical incision of 2-nd, 3-rd and 4-th tracheal cartilages is recommended .

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Pseudo-tumour of the trachea as a complication of tracheostomy

Wojciech Żurek , Piotr Chwirot

surgical tracheostomy, complications

Wojciech Żurek

,

Piotr Chwirot