Fractured tracheostomy tube in the tracheo-bronchial tree. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP. [J Coll Physicians Surg Pak] Journal article

Tracheostomy is a life saving procedure and many a times patients are discharged with permanent tracheostomy tubes. However, fracture of tracheostomy tube with subsequent migration into the tracheobronchial tree is uncommon and carries the potentially fatal risk of respiratory obstruction. In this report, a case of a 6-year-old boy is presented, who had aspirated a fractured tracheostomy tube which had lodged in the left bronchus.

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP. [J Coll Physicians Surg Pak]

Airway Obstruction
Bronchi
Bronchoscopy
Child
Equipment Failure
Follow-Up Studies
Foreign Bodies
Humans
India
Laryngeal Neoplasms
Male
Papilloma
Radiography, Thoracic
Risk Assessment
Trachea
Tracheostomy
Treatment Outcome