title: [Percutanous dilation tracheotomy: our experience].
abstract: Percutaneous dilation Tracheotomy (PDT) is becoming a popular alternative to surgical tracheotomy. In our hospital, we recently adopted the use of the PDT in intensive care unit patients.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective [corrected] of this investigation is to characterize and quantify the rate of complications for PDT.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective study of 60 PDT performed at different intesive care units, betweem September 2002 to July 2003.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The intraoperative time for PDT was 8 minutes. Complications included 6 cases of mild intraoperative hemorrhage, 1 case of moderate intraoperative hemorrhage, 4 cases of mild postoperative hemorrhage and 1 case of subcutaneous emphysema.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PDT is a good alternative to surgical tracheotomy and should be added to the otolaryngologists armamentarium of surgical airway procedures.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Otorrinolaringología del Hospital de Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona. 35019idj@comb.es
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Domènech
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mateu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cisa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Juan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dicenta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004106:Dilatation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000379:methods*