Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomies in 2 Difficult Airways.

Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomies in 2 Difficult Airways.

J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Oct 13;:

Authors: Valencia JA, Romero DJ, Arango E, Cubillos JE, Mantilla HA, García-Herreros LG

Abstract
Ultrasound has become a rapid, safe, and easy-to-use tool for anesthesiologists. It reduces complications, morbidity, and mortality, especially in patients with anatomic abnormalities in whom a traditional approach may be both difficult and risky. We report 2 cases of symptomatic patients with a difficult airway due to displacement of the trachea by a neck mass. Real-time ultrasound imaging was performed for percutaneous dilatational tracheostomies, identifying important structures, without any complications.

PMID: 29027675 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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