title: [Puncture tracheotomy in long-term ventilated intensive care patients].
abstract: In a prospective trial we tested the percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in 53 ICU-patients treated with long-term artificial respiration. The tracheostomy was carried out under bronchoscopic supervision. Of a total complication rate of 15.1% we observed two serious complications with perforation of the pars membranacea of the trachea, one requiring thoracotomy and the other leading to exitus letalis by mediastinal emphysema.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Joosten
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sturbeck
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hohlbach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011677:Punctures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Die Punktionstracheotomie beim langzeitbeatmeten Intensivpatienten.