Excision of tracheocutaneous fistula under local anaesthesia
Archives of Orofacial Sciences
;
: 29-31, 2009.
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ABSTRACT
Tracheocutaneous fistula (TCF) is a known complication of tracheostomy. It can cause problems such as saliva leak, predispose to infection from external skin into respiratory tract and cosmetically not acceptable. Treatment of the underlying infection is paramount important. Persistence of tract after sufficient duration of observation period should be surgically treated. Cases reported in the literature are mainly regarding paediatric TCF and the procedures are usually done under general anesthesia. We describe a case of surgical treatment of an adult TCF which was done under local anaesthesia.
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Archives of Orofacial Sciences
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2009
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