The Effect of Vitamin E-Coated Tracheotomy Cannula on Tracheal Reactive Oxygen Species

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Sari M., Yazici Z. M., Oezdemir N., Yanik M., Ueneri C.

TRAKYA UNIVERSITESI TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.27, no.2, pp.178-182, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 27 Issue: 2
• Publication Date: 2010
• Doi Number: 10.5174/tutfd.2008.01535.1
• Journal Name: TRAKYA UNIVERSITESI TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Page Numbers: pp.178-182
• Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: latrogenic airway injury after tracheotomy continues to be a serious clinical problem. Tracheotomy tubes can cause severe stomal stenosis in the trachea or infraglottic region. Vitamin E is a scavenger of different free radicals by working as an antioxidant. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of vitamin E-coated tracheotomy tube insertion on the quantity of free radicals in rat tracheal tissue.