Percutaneous tracheostomy—beware of the thyroidea-ima artery

Percutaneous tracheostomy is a minimally invasive operation performed in patients, in order to provide an air passage through the windpipe. A rare cause of severe bleeding during such operation is the injury of the thyroidea-ima artery. This case report presents a patient with hemorrhage after thyro...

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Published inAnnals of translational medicine Vol. 4; no. 22; p. 449
Main Authors Kamparoudi, Pagona, Paliouras, Dimitrios, Gogakos, Apostolos S, Rallis, Thomas, Schizas, Nikolaos C., Lazopoulos, Achilleas, Chatzinikolaou, Fotios, Sarafis, Pavlos, Serchan, Paschalitsa, Katsikogiannis, Nikolaos, Sarika, Eirini, Zarogoulidis, Paul, Karapantzos, Ilias, Barbetakis, Nikolaos
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China AME Publishing Company 01.11.2016
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Case Report
Tracheostomy
emergency
thyroidea-ima artery
hemorrhage
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ISSN2305-5839
2305-5839
DOI10.21037/atm.2016.11.04

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Summary:Percutaneous tracheostomy is a minimally invasive operation performed in patients, in order to provide an air passage through the windpipe. A rare cause of severe bleeding during such operation is the injury of the thyroidea-ima artery. This case report presents a patient with hemorrhage after thyroidea-ima injury during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy. Surgeons should always be aware of such anatomic variation, in order to prevent urgent sternotomy.
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ISSN:2305-5839
2305-5839
DOI:10.21037/atm.2016.11.04