{"title":"Thyrohyoidotomy: A complication of cricothyroidotomy","authors":"Haruka Taira, Masahiro Kashiura, Takashi Moriya","doi":"10.1002/ams2.937","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>A computed tomography (CT) image of the patient's neck after a cricothyroidotomy was performed due to upper airway obstruction. The CT revealed that the tracheostomy tube was inserted into the thyrohyoid membrane, not the cricothyroid ligament.\n <figure>\n <div><picture>\n <source></source></picture><p></p>\n </div>\n </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7196,"journal":{"name":"Acute Medicine & Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ams2.937","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acute Medicine & Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ams2.937","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A computed tomography (CT) image of the patient's neck after a cricothyroidotomy was performed due to upper airway obstruction. The CT revealed that the tracheostomy tube was inserted into the thyrohyoid membrane, not the cricothyroid ligament.