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Minitracheotomy--a life-threatening complication. 1989

A K Daborn, and M N Harris

Department of Anaesthetics, St Thomas' Hospital, London.

A 55-year-old patient developed profuse haemorrhage immediately after insertion of a minitracheotomy tube. Measured blood loss was 1.1 litres, and the bleeding required to be controlled surgically. The cause was a subglottic granuloma which had developed after prolonged tracheal intubation and which was incised during insertion of the minitracheotomy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007818	Laryngeal Diseases	Pathological processes involving any part of the LARYNX which coordinates many functions such as voice production, breathing, swallowing, and coughing.	Laryngeal Perichondritis,Larynx Diseases,Disease, Laryngeal,Disease, Larynx,Diseases, Laryngeal,Diseases, Larynx,Laryngeal Disease,Laryngeal Perichondritides,Larynx Disease,Perichondritides, Laryngeal,Perichondritis, Laryngeal
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D005260	Female		Females
D006099	Granuloma	A relatively small nodular inflammatory lesion containing grouped mononuclear phagocytes, caused by infectious and noninfectious agents.	Granulomas
D006470	Hemorrhage	Bleeding or escape of blood from a vessel.	Bleeding,Hemorrhages
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014140	Tracheotomy	Surgical incision of the trachea.	Tracheotomies