Abstract
PURPOSE: Tracheostomies are often done to facilitate weaning from the ventilator, or to prevent tracheal strictures from prolonged intubation. After the technique of open tracheostomy was developed, reports of strictures were found in the literature, and techniques to avoid those strictures were developed. Percutaneous tracheostomy allows bedside tracheostomy in the ICU, and thus avoid transporting a sick patient. After finding tracheal strictures in several patients who had undergone percutaneous tracheostomy we evaluated our experience in tracheal resections after tracheostomy.
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