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Inner cannula aspiration in a laryngectomized patient: a case report

Zafer Hırçın
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
Görkem Eskiizmir
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
Received: 12 September 2024
Published: 03 February 2013

Abstract

In laryngectomized patients, foreign body aspiration into the tracheobronchial system is an emergency condition and may cause acute respiratory distress; although it is very rare. In this case report, symptomatology, diagnostic evaluation and treatment modality of a laryngectomized patient who had inner cannula aspiration into the tracheobronchial system were presented.

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