[Clinical significance of tracheotomy in children's burns].
OBJECTIVE
To discuss the indications, timing and related issues of tracheotomy in burn together with inhalation injury in children.


METHODS
In 45 cases, 12 cases were done in general anesthesia, while 33 cases were done in local anesthesia. Analysis the characters in children anastomosis, the essentials in the operation and timing of pulling out the tracheal cannulas.


RESULTS
Forty-five cases were under tracheotomy in 1-48 hours after burn in which 16 cases were in urgency. Forty-three cases cured (95.65%) while 2 cases died.


CONCLUSIONS
Tracheotomy in early stage could be a good treatment for burns with inhalation injury children. This is the most important clinical significance of increasing success rate, decreasing complication in respiratory tract and decreasing death rate.
Yan
Sha
S
Department of Otolaryngology, the Third Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Peng
Yucheng
Y
D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002059:Burns, Inhalation / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome