Tracheostomy Tube Inside the Tracheal Limb of Silicon Y Stent in Patient with Large Tracheal Defect

Mallios D, Krassas A, Iliadis IS, Galani L, Agiannidou A, Ballian N and Iliadis K

Department of Thoracic Surgery, HYGEIA Hospital, Greece
Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece
1st Department of Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases, HYGEIA Hospital, Greece
Department of General surgery, MITERA Hospital, Greece
Department of Anesthesiology, HYGEIA Hospital, Greece

^*Correspondance to: Mallios Dimitrios 

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Abstract:

Iatrogenic Tracheal Injury (ITI) is a life-threatening complication that requires prompt diagnosis, management, and treatment. When suspected on clinical examination bronchoscopy and CT scan confirms the diagnosis. The case of 16 years old man is presented in whom a large posterolateral tracheal wall defect, was diagnosed after percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy. Bronchoscopy confirmed the tracheal defect and a long Y-tracheobronchial silicone stent was inserted to protect the wound and allow healing with tracheostomy tube inside the stent to ensure ventilation.
We believe that this technique is effective and valuable for large tracheal wall lacerations with no severe complications.

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Cite the Article:

Mallios D, Krassas A, Iliadis IS, Galani L, Agiannidou A, Ballian N, et al. Tracheostomy Tube Inside the Tracheal Limb of Silicon Y Stent in Patient with Large Tracheal Defect. World J Surg Surgical Res. 2023; 6: 1491..