[Salvage of a patient with respiratory distress caused by tracheal obstruction, by use of a Fogarty catheter].
The author observed a state of acute asphyxia due to a mucosal plug in a patient undergoing total laryngectomy. After failure of classical methods of removal and the plug and in view of the critical state of the patient, a heroic procedure was used: extraction of the mucosal plug using a Fogarty catheter, as used in arterial surgery.
[Salvage of a patient with respiratory distress caused by tracheal obstruction, by use of a Fogarty catheter]. The author observed a state of acute asphyxia due to a mucosal plug in a patient undergoing total laryngectomy. After failure of classical methods of removal and the plug and in view of the critical state of the patient, a heroic procedure was used: extraction of the mucosal plug using a Fogarty catheter, as used in arterial surgery.