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ArticleCureus2025

Tracheocele: A Rare Airway Condition With Significant Anesthesia Implications and the Importance of Preoperative Diagnosis.

Odai Khamash, Shoaib Nawaz, Roni Mendonca, Ejaz Khan

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Odai KhamashAnesthesiology, New York Medical College, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, USA.
Shoaib NawazAnesthesiology, New York Medical College, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, USA.
Roni MendoncaAnesthesiology, New York Medical College, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, USA.
Ejaz KhanAnesthesiology, New York Medical College, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tracheocele, a rare airway condition involving abnormal dilation of the tracheal wall, poses rare but crucial challenges in anesthesia management and carries the potential for serious complications if not promptly identified preoperatively. Our case highlights the importance of early diagnosis and tailored anesthetic planning in a patient with a large tracheocele undergoing colorectal resection surgery. The surgery was successfully performed using a combined spinal-epidural (CSE) anesthesia with moderate sedation, avoiding the potential risks associated with general anesthesia and positive pressure ventilation in this compromised airway scenario.

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airway anomalyanesthesia implicationspreoperative diagnosistracheal perforationtracheocele

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PMID40837910
PMCPMC12360918

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