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Post-Covid tracheal resection – first case in India

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Case Report

Author Details : Anjoo A. Choudhary*, Kamruddin K. Ezzy, Supriya V. Jadhav

Volume : 7, Issue : 4, Year : 2021

Article Page : 123-125

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijashnb.2021.031

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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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