title: Early complications of tracheostomy performed in the operating room.
abstract: Tracheostomy is one of the oldest operations in medicine. The intraoperative and postoperative complications associated with this procedure are well established. Recently, percutaneous and open bedside tracheostomy in the intensive care unit has been reported as an alternative to tracheostomies performed in the operating room. We investigated the early complications in 70 consecutive tracheostomies performed in the operating room in Bnai Zion Medical Center in Haifa, Israel. The study revealed no complications related to patient transportation to and from the operating room. The complication rate of standard surgical tracheostomy performed in the operating room was very low.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Milo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fradis
authors.forename: Shelton
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malatskey
authors.forename: Igal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dor
authors.forename: Shelley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krimerman
authors.forename: Henry Z
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Joachims
authors.forename: Gerd J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Ridder
authors.forename: Avishay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009873:Operating Rooms; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014187:Transportation of Patients