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[Percutanous dilation tracheotomy: our experience]
1Servicio de Otorrinolaringología del Hospital de Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona. 35019idj@comb.es
Unlabelled:
Percutaneous dilation Tracheotomy (PDT) is becoming a popular alternative to surgical tracheotomy. In our hospital, we recently adopted the use of the PDT in intensive care unit patients.
Objective:
The objective [corrected] of this investigation is to characterize and quantify the rate of complications for PDT.
Materials And Methods:
A prospective study of 60 PDT performed at different intesive care units, betweem September 2002 to July 2003.
Results:
The intraoperative time for PDT was 8 minutes. Complications included 6 cases of mild intraoperative hemorrhage, 1 case of moderate intraoperative hemorrhage, 4 cases of mild postoperative hemorrhage and 1 case of subcutaneous emphysema.
Conclusions:
PDT is a good alternative to surgical tracheotomy and should be added to the otolaryngologists armamentarium of surgical airway procedures.
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