Successful Treatment of Anterior Tracheal Necrosis after Total Thyroidectomy Using Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy
| Title: | Successful Treatment of Anterior Tracheal Necrosis after Total Thyroidectomy Using Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy |
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| Authors: | Grégory Philippe, Nicolas Pichon, Justine Lerat, Jean Bernard Amiel, Marc Clavel, Muriel Mathonnet |
| Source: | Critical Care Research and Practice, Vol 2012 (2012) |
| Publisher Information: | Hindawi Limited, 2012. |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid |
| Subject Terms: | Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9 |
| More Details: | Total thyroidectomy involving the adjacent structures of the trachea can cause tracheal damage such as early tracheal necrosis. The authors describe the first case of anterior tracheal necrosis following total thyroidectomy treated using vacuum-assisted closure device. After two weeks of VAC therapy, there was no evidence of ongoing infection and the trachea was partially closed around a tracheotomy cannula, removed after 3 months. The use of a VAC therapy to reduce and close the tracheal rent and to create a rapid granulation tissue over tracheal structure appeared as a good opportunity after anterior tracheal necrosis. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2090-1305 2090-1313 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2090-1305; https://doaj.org/toc/2090-1313 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2012/252719 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/7b1e393d0b294e96ba9ada8152201173 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.7b1e393d0b294e96ba9ada8152201173 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 20901305 20901313 |
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| DOI: | 10.1155/2012/252719 |
| Published in: | Critical Care Research and Practice |
| Language: | English |