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Minitracheotomy: a simple alternative to tracheostomy in obstructive sleep apnoea
A Hasan1, J McGuigan, M D Morgan
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, East Birmingham Hospital.
Thorax
|March 1, 1989
Abstract:
A patient with obstructive sleep apnoea sufficiently severe to cause papilloedema was managed temporarily with a minitracheotomy. This allowed arterial oxygen saturation to return to normal while he lost weight, before surgery for his enlarged tonsills.