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NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
Volume 26, Issue 10, Pages 1579-1583Publisher
WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_472_22
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Goiter; thyroidectomy; trachea tenting; tracheomalacia; tracheostomy
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This study reports an innovative method of tenting the trachea to the skin using sutures to prevent tracheomalacia after thyroidectomy.
Operating on a huge and long-standing goiter is challenging to the surgeon and anesthetist because of the possibility of tracheomalacia and collapse of the tracheal rings after extubation. We report our innovation of tenting the trachea to the skin using sutures (passed through the strap and sternocleidomastoid muscles) to prevent post-thyroidectomy tracheomalacia.
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