title: Percutaneous versus open tracheostomy: a retrospective cohort outcome study.
abstract: Percutaneous tracheostomy has been advocated as a faster, safer, and less invasive method of placing tracheostomy tubes in ventilated patients. To compare outcome differences, as measured by complication rates, between percutaneous and open tracheostomy, a retrospective cohort study was performed. All procedures were performed in the intensive care unit of a university-affiliated hospital. The minor complication rates did not differ significantly between percutaneous and open tracheostomy (12/31 vs. 12/29, respectively; p > 0.05), nor did there appear to be a difference in rates of major complications between the two groups (7/31 vs. 5/29; p > 0.05). This study identified a trend towards an increased risk of delayed airway loss in the percutaneous tracheostomy group.
authors: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Graham
authors: R H
authors: RH
authors: Mulloy
authors: F R
authors: FR
authors: Sutherland
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Rose
mesh_terms: D018806:APACHE; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome