Silicone-based endotracheal tube causing airway obstruction and pneumothorax

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Jun;138(6):588-91. doi: 10.1001/archoto.2012.688.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Airway Obstruction / etiology*
  • Bradycardia / etiology
  • Female
  • Goiter, Nodular / surgery
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects*
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumothorax / etiology*
  • Silicones*
  • Thyroidectomy / methods

Substances

  • Silicones