title: The history of percutaneous tracheotomy.
abstract: Percutaneous tracheotomy is a surgical procedure for inserting a tracheal cannula into the tracheal lumen without a large incision, without extensive dissection of pretracheal tissue and without exposure of the trachea. Ciaglia's report on the procedure a decade ago led to this technique gaining popularity, although its origin is much older.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Netherlands.
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: van Heurn
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Brink
mesh_terms: D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000266:history*