IP Indian Journal of Anatomy and Surgery of Head, Neck and Brain
Official Publication of Khyati Education And Research Foundation
Official Publication of Khyati Education And Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2581-5210
Online ISSN: 2581-5229
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IP Indian Journal of Anatomy and Surgery of Head, Neck and Brain (IJASHNB) open access, peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing since 2015 and is published under the Khyati Education and Research Foundation (KERF), is registered as a non-profit society (under the society registration act, 1860), Government of India with the vision of various accredited vocational courses in healthcare, education, paramedical, yoga, publication, teaching and research activity, with the aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be publishing more...Case Report
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Volume : 7, Issue : 4, Year : 2021
Article Page : 123-125
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijashnb.2021.031
Abstract
Background: Prolonged intubations result in tracheal damage and stenosis, the treatment for severe cases is resection and anastomosis. With the progress of the Covid-19 pandemic, this incidence kept rising but the timing and precautions for such aerosolising surgeries remained unclear.
Aim: To report the first case of tracheal resection and anastomosis in India done during the Covid-19 pandemic along with its rationale.
Materials and Methods: We report a case of 30/male with prolonged intubation and tracheostomy done for Covid-19 pneumonia and ARDS with failure to decannulate and complete loss of voice. After thorough preoperative work-up, he underwent tracheal resection of 4 rings with cricotracheal anastomosis during the covid-19 pandemic in October 2020.
Results: He was extubated on table and was asymptomatic after 3 months of follow-up with excellent voice.
Conclusion: With good team effort and appropriate precautions, aerosolising airway surgeries resection anastomosis can be safely performed.
Keywords : Covid-19, Tracheal stenosis, Tracheal resection, Anastomosis, Airway surgery
How to cite : Choudhary A A, Ezzy K K, Jadhav S V, Post-Covid tracheal resection – first case in India. IP Indian J Anat Surg Head Neck Brain 2021;7(4):123-125
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