Treatment of trivial esophageal cancer having huge devastating airway obstruction via use of a modified emergent tracheostomy under local anaesthesia.

CONCLUSIONS: We implemented this simple method in order to secure the devastated airway, sparing the need for a demanding rigid bronchoscopy, or use of a costly ECMO expedient. PMID: 32988709 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32988709?dopt=Abstract

Source: Asian Journal of Surgery - September 24, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Shai SE, Lai YL, Tang HW, Hung SC Tags: Asian J Surg Source Type: research