Inadvertent Tracheostomy Cuff Hyperinflation Causing Tracheal Dilation

Tracheal cuff hyperinflation can have serious complications resulting from decreased tracheal mucosal blood flow and range in severity from tracheal ulceration and necrosis, formation of tracheoesophageal or tracheoinnominate fistulae, recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, to fatal tracheal rupture (1).
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Source Type: research