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[Burning endotracheal tube. A complication of tracheotomy using electrocautery]
G Comberg1, R Elfeldt, W Jeckström
1Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Klinikum der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift Fur Alle Gebiete Der Operativen Medizen
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
The cuff of an endotracheal tube was ignited during a trachetomy using electrocautery. The etiology of this complication is discussed as well as the prophylaxis and therapeutic management.