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Visual presentation of the tube and the via falsa anterior to the trachea (arrows pointing to the tracheostomy and the via falsa).
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The tracheal cartilage cranial from incision was palpable, and the endotracheal tube was found exciting the trachea into a via falsa anterior to the trachea as shown in Figure 1.
Chest X-ray is showing massive subcutaneous emphysema after CICO and reestablishing a surgical airway.
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FATE (Focus Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography) was inconclusive as the massive subcutaneous emphysema made it impossible to visualise the heart, as seen on the X-ray Figure 2.