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Murine Intrapulmonary Tracheal Transplantation: A Model for Investigating Obliterative Airway Disease After Lung Transplantation
Published on: November 10, 2023
[Tracheotomy in patients with liver transplantation]
Baodong Wang1, Aihua Sun, Jianchun Liao
1Department of Otolaryngology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Objective:
To investigate the indications, complications and their prevention of tracheotomy in patients with liver transplantation.
Method:
Data of 45 patients with liver transplantation who underwent tracheotomy were summarized.
Result:
Twenty-five patients(54.35%) succeeded in removing trachea cannula in one month after tracheotomy. Hemorrhage after tracheotomy occurred in 11 patients and haemostasis succeeded in all of them. Subcutaneous emphysema occurred in 2 patients. Infection of tracheal fistula occurred in 4 patients. Common bacterial culture of sputum was positive in 9 patients. No other operative complication occurred.
Conclusion:
Indications of tracheotomy in patient with liver transplantation include respiratory complication and lower respiratory tract infection. Postoperative hemorrhage and infection are the main complications and available measures should be adopted.
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