Tracheobronchial foreign body in the laryngectomized patient
Erdozáin Rodríguez, I.; Sánchez Galán, L.; Zabaleta López, M.; Sánchez del Hoyo, A.
Anales Otorrinolaringologicos Ibero-Americanos 25(2): 185-192
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-8874 PMID: 9607228 Document Number: 484147
We report a case of aspiration of a foreign body in the left tracheobronchial tree occurring in a laryngectomy, operated one year previously. The accident presented by fracture of the inner tracheostomy cannula. The literature is reviewed in order to explain possible causes of tracheostomy tube components breakage and to suggest methods for preventing such complications.