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British Journal of Anaesthesia, doi:10.1093/bja/aei186
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© The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia 2005. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journal.permissions@oupjournals.org
Accepted June 2, 2005

Case Report

Rigid bronchoscopy-guided percutaneous tracheostomy

A. S. Grigo 1, N. D. P. Hall 1, A. J. Crerar-Gilbert 1, and B. P. Madden 1*

1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St George's Hospital, London SW17 0QT, UK

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
B. P. Madden, E-mail: brendan.madden{at}stgeorges.nhs.uk


  Abstract

We describe a case series of seven patients that demonstrates the usefulness of rigid bronchoscopy in percutaneous tracheostomy. The technique was used in selected patients who had a previous tracheostomy, a difficult airway, high risk of bleeding, or a tracheal stent in place.

Keywords: anaesthetic techniques, rigid bronchoscopy; equipment, tubes; tracheostomy surgery, percutaneous tracheostomy.
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