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A novel technique for safe blind percutaneous tracheotomy: retrospective case-series study on three hundred eighty-six patients
BackgroundGriggs’ technique with assisting tools for bedside percutaneous tracheotomy (PDT) is safe and fast and carries few complications in expert...
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Establishment and validation of a predictive model for tracheotomy in critically ill patients and analysis of the impact of different tracheotomy timing on patient prognosis
BackgroundIn critically ill patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), it is unable to determine early which patients require...
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Percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy in high-risk ICU patients
BackgroundPercutaneous dilatational tracheotomy (PDT) has become an established procedure in intensive care units (ICU). However, the safety of this...
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Safety of percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy (PDT) with the rigid tracheotomy endoscope (TED): a 6-month follow-up multicenter investigation
BackgroundThe rigid tracheotomy endoscope (TED) was recently introduced to improve the fiberoptic technique during percutaneous dilatational...
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TTCOV19: timing of tracheotomy in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients: a multicentre, single-blinded, randomized, controlled trial
BackgroundCritically ill COVID-19 patients may develop acute respiratory distress syndrome and the need for respiratory support, including mechanical...
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Revised recommendations from the CSO-HNS taskforce on performance of tracheotomy during the COVID-19 pandemic – what a difference a year makes
BackgroundDuring the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (CSO-HNS) task force published...
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The Efficacy of Tracheotomy for Covid-19 Pneumonia: Impacts on Survival and Prognostic Factors
The role of tracheotomy during the pandemic remains to be determined for severe COVID-19 pneumonia. We evaluated the effect of tracheotomy on...
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Surgical tracheotomy in COVID-19 patients: an Italian single centre experience
PurposeCoronavirus infection disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes in 10% of patients a severe respiratory distress syndrome managed with invasive...
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ICU tracheotomies in patients with COVID-19: a lesson learned for future viral pandemic
IntroductionThe coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in a large number of patients requiring intubation and prolonged mechanical ventilation....
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Dynamic inflation prevents and standardized lung recruitment reverts volume loss associated with percutaneous tracheostomy during volume control ventilation: results from a Neuro-ICU population
To determine how percutaneous tracheostomy (PT) impacts on respiratory system compliance (C rs ) and end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) during volume...
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Recommendations from the CSO-HNS taskforce on performance of tracheotomy during the COVID-19 pandemic
IntroductionThe performance of tracheotomy is a common procedural request by critical care departments to the surgical services of general surgery,...
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Utility of Early Tracheostomy in Critically Ill Covid-19 Patients: A Systematic Review
COVID 19 has proven itself to be an agent of cataclysm and caused an uproar worldwide due to consistent strain on the finite resources available to...
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Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy with single use bronchoscopes versus reusable bronchoscopes – a prospective randomized trial (TraSUB)
BackgroundApart from conventional reusable bronchoscopes, single-use bronchoscopes (SUB) were recently introduced. Data suggest that SUB might...
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Machine learning for the prediction of postoperative nosocomial pulmonary infection in patients with spinal cord injury
PurposeThe purpose of this study was to establish the best prediction model for postoperative nosocomial pulmonary infection through machine learning...
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Traumatic retropharyngeal hematoma without spinal cord injury or spinal fracture: a retrospective multicenter analysis
BackgroundRetropharyngeal hematoma can be a life-threatening injury due to progressive upper airway obstruction. It is common following spinal cord...
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Thyroidea ima artery multiple branching pattern over the trachea
PurposeThe current cadaveric report describes a rare case of a thyroidea ima artery (TIA) with multiple branching pattern over the trachea.
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Cervical anaerobic vertebral osteomyelitis following surgical tracheotomy: a case report
BackgroundWe report a rare case of anaerobic vertebral osteomyelitis associated with surgical tracheotomy which has never been reported to the best...
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Analysis of 18 complex diffuse arteriovenous malformation cases treated with percutaneous radiofrequency ablation
BackgroundThe aim of the present study is to evaluate the short-term efficacy and feasibility of radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of complex...
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Axillary vein as an alternative venous access site for VV-ECMO cannulation: a case report
BackgroundUltrasound-guided percutaneous axillary vein cannulation can reduce cannulation failure and mechanical complications, is as safe and...
