A 48‑year‑old male patient was admitted to the emergency department with breathing
difficulty for past 2 h. Patient was maintained on tracheostomy with a 32 size Fuller's
tracheostomy tube. He was admitted as a case of tracheal stenosis 2 years back and had
undergone emergency tracheostomy in view of difficult intubation. Subsequent evaluation
showed fibrotic stenosis at the level of 5th and 6th tracheal ring with calcification. The patient
had lost follow‑up since the past 6 months and had now presented with respiratory distress …