Prolong placement of tracheostomy tube causing unusual complication

• Main Authors: Mohamad Norkahfi R,, Marina Mat Baki,, Mawaddah Azman,, Abdullah Sani Mohamed,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10853/1/19_mohamad_et_al_pdf_12088.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10853/; http://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/11/2

Tracheostomy can be associated with numerous complications. Here, we present a case of large hypertrophic skin of tracheostoma with tracheal granulation tissue causing malpositioning of tracheostomy tube and airway obstruction, secondary to prolong placement of a cuff tracheostomy tube due to improp...