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Cricoid release in a preterm neonate
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2007
Abstract
A baby born at 23 weeks gestation could not be extubated at 34 weeks and nine weeks intubation was causing laryngeal granulation. Anterior cricoid release saved the infant from a tracheostomy.
The case is reported because of (a) the prematurity and small size of the neonate and (b) the microsurgical technique and non-penetration of tracheal mucosa, neither of which have been addressed in previous publications.
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