Safe tracheostomy: blunt puncture and dilation after minimal surgical exposure of the trachea (BPAD tracheostomy).
A number of complications can occur following both surgical tracheostomy (ST) and percutaneous tracheostomy (PT). A flexible new tracheostomy insertion technique with the advantages of both ST and PT is proposed to reduce these complications. Our blunt puncture and dilation technique (BPAD tracheostomy) appears to be technically safe and feasible to perform.
Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Osaka, Japan.
Hisatake
H
Matsumoto
Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Osaka, Japan.
Mitsuo
M
Ohnishi
Traumatology and Critical Care Medical Center, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital Osaka, Japan.
Akinori
A
Wakai
Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Osaka, Japan.
Tomoya
T
Hirose
Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Osaka, Japan.
Nobuto
N
Mori
Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Osaka, Japan.
Jotaro
J
Tachino
Traumatology and Critical Care Medical Center, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital Osaka, Japan.
Daikai
D
Sadamitsu
Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Osaka, Japan.
Takeshi
T
Shimazu
Bronchoscopy; modified tracheostomy; procedures; technique