Abstract
Aim: Tracheostomy is one of the most common procedures performed in trauma patients in the intensive care unit for ceasing from mechanical ventilation. Open tracheostomy involves dissection of the pretracheal tissues, and insertion of the tracheostomy cannula into the trachea under direct vision. Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy is increasingly popular and has gained widespread popularity in many intensive care unit and trauma centers. Aim of the study was to compare percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy with conventional open tracheostomy in many ways at neurosurgery intensive care. Patients and Methods: 49 critically ill patients admitted to intensive care unit subjected to tracheostomy and randomly divided into two groups; conventional open tracheostomy. Three separate neurosurgeon who was in charge at neurosurgical intensive care unit performed the process as in bedside
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