[Orotracheal tube ignited by an electrocautery device during tracheostomy]

Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim. 2009 Jan;56(1):47-9. doi: 10.1016/s0034-9356(09)70320-2.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Endotracheal tube fire during surgery is a rare complication associated with carbon dioxide laser surgery and, less often, with electrocautery. We report a case in which tracheostomy was performed because of recurrence of a laryngeal tumor. During the procedure the endotracheal tube ignited when the lumen was opened with the electrocautery device.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Accidents*
  • Air
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / radiotherapy
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Electrocoagulation / instrumentation*
  • Electrosurgery / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Failure
  • Fires*
  • Hot Temperature
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Period
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation*
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / radiotherapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Oxygen
  • Polyvinyl Chloride
  • Tracheostomy / instrumentation*
  • Tracheostomy / methods

Substances

  • Polyvinyl Chloride
  • Oxygen