Realización de cricotiroidotomía percutánea por dilatación de manera profiláctica, previa a traqueostomía quirúrgica: reporte de un caso

Percutaneous dilational cricothyrotomy is a quick procedure and can become a valuable tool in securing the airway in cases of critical supraglottic obstruction in patients who will be taken to surgery and carry a risk of loss of permeability of the airway; in this article we make a report of a succesful case of it utilization and we review the available evidence on the preventive use of cricothyrotomy and the outcomes in this context.