ABSTRACT
Endotracheal tube fire during surgery is a rare complication associated with carbon dioxide laser surgery and, less often, with electrocautery. We report a case in which tracheostomy was performed because of recurrence of a laryngeal tumor. During the procedure the endotracheal tube ignited when the lumen was opened with the electrocautery device.
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Accidents , Electrocoagulation/instrumentation , Electrosurgery/instrumentation , Fires , Intubation, Intratracheal/instrumentation , Tracheostomy/instrumentation , Air , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/drug therapy , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/radiotherapy , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/surgery , Combined Modality Therapy , Equipment Failure , Hot Temperature , Humans , Intraoperative Period , Laryngeal Neoplasms/drug therapy , Laryngeal Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Laryngeal Neoplasms/surgery , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/drug therapy , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/radiotherapy , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/surgery , Oxygen , Polyvinyl Chloride , Tracheostomy/methodsABSTRACT
La ignición del tubo endotraqueal durante la cirugíaes una complicación poco frecuente y asociada comúnmentea la cirugía con láser de dióxido de carbono(CO2), con menor frecuencia se asocia al uso de electrocauterio.En el presente trabajo, presentamos el caso deun paciente intervenido de traqueostomía por recidivade tumor laríngeo, durante la cual se produjo una ignicióndel tubo endotraqueal coincidiendo con la aperturade la luz traqueal con el electrocauterio (AU)
Endotracheal tube fire during surgery is a rarecomplication associated with carbon dioxide lasersurgery and, less often, with electrocautery. We report acase in which tracheostomy was performed because ofrecurrence of a laryngeal tumor. During the procedurethe endotracheal tube ignited when the lumen wasopened with the electrocautery device (AU)
