title: [Tracheostomy in children with a clinical analysis of 156 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the etiology and complications of the tracheotomy in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  A hundred and fifty-six cases of tracheotomized children were retrospectively analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three of the 156 cases died for protopathy, 132 cases extubated smoothly after the protopathies curing, 21 cases (including the laryngeal papilloma 18 ones) left hospital with endotracheal tubes. The complication's incidence rate was 23.1%, of these 1.9% was severer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The children's tracheotomy is distinct. Tracheotomy in children should hold indication correctly and operated versedly and nursed meticulously in order to reduce complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Donghai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jianyu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Suping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yuanzheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Yongquan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tian
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000379:methods*