Awake tracheotomy in a patient with stridor and dyspnoea caused by a sizeable malignant thyroid tumor: a case report and short review of the literature

• DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1216
• Publication Date: 2017-10-05T08:22:38Z
• Authors: Andreas Hohn; Tālis Kauliņš; Jochen Hinkelbein; Krista Kauliņa; Andreas Kopp; Sebastian G. Russo; Sigurd Kohlen; Stefan Schröder
• Keywords: Tracheotomy

Key Clinical Message Individual airway management is mandatory in patients with large goiters undergoing thyroid surgery. Preoperative endoscopic evaluation and imaging studies can support clinical decision making. Awake tracheotomy be an effective reasonable strategy such patients.