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Enlargement of existing tracheostome using percutaneous dilators
Bill Chaudhry1, Peter Hardee, Michael Pead
1Department of Anaesthesia, Bart's and The London NHS Trust, London, UK.
Paediatric Anaesthesia
|June 13, 2002
Abstract:
Children requiring long-term mechanical ventilation or with abnormalities of the upper airway may need a tracheostomy for prolonged periods of time. For these children, insertion of a larger tracheostomy tube may be required to match somatic growth. We describe a new method of enlarging the tracheal stoma in children, based on the existing technique of percutaneous dilational tracheostomy.