Clinical experience with Ciaglia's percutaneous tracheostomy.
During a 6-year period the authors performed percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT) in 304 cases using the technique introduced by Ciaglia in 1985. A following study on 40 patients evaluated late complications of PDT; none of the patients developed laryngotracheal stenosis. In our experience PDT has been a very sure technique of securing the airway.
Vigliaroli
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Department of Otolaryngology, Scientific Institute of Research and Care, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome