Pézier TF, Widmer GM, Huber GF. Pneumo-thorax/mediastinum/(retro)peritoneum/ scrotum - a full house of complications following JET ventilation.
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2017;
37:72-75. [PMID:
27070540 PMCID:
PMC5384314 DOI:
10.14639/0392-100x-726]
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Abstract
We present a patient who presented to our clinic with airway obstruction secondary to oropharygeal cancer. He underwent emergent tracheostomy with JET ventilation, the latter resulting in a "full house" of barotraumatic complications including pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperitoneum and pneumo-scrotum. Free air, while sometimes dramatic as in our case, need not always be a cause for alarm and can often be managed expectantly. Our patient was treated with only a chest drain and otherwise made an uneventful recovery.
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