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Studies were undertaken by the Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Anesthesiology at Northwestern University Medical School and the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) to compare the potential for tissue injury to the trachea and lungs of canines. Polyvinylchloride (PVC), Rusch red rubber, and silicone tubes were tested. The effects of an intraluminal tube fire on the larynx and trachea were documented with laryngeal and bronchoscopic photographs taken immediately postburn and at the time of sacrifice six hours later. The most severe burns were associated with the PVC tube. Silica ash was seen in the airway after the silicone tube fires and raises the possibility of future problems with silicosis. Histological examination of the trachea showed acute injury in all of the animals; specimens from the dogs with the PVC tube fires demonstrated the most severe cellular damage.
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