Open AccessSafe tracheostomy: blunt puncture and dilation after minimal surgical exposure of the trachea ( BPAD tracheostomy)
Author(s) -
Matsumoto Hisatake,
Ohnishi Mitsuo,
Wakai Akinori,
Hirose Tomoya,
Mori Nobuto,
Tachino Jotaro,
Sadamitsu Daikai,
Shimazu Takeshi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.340
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , blunt , dilation (metric space) , percutaneous , mathematics , combinatorics
Key Clinical Message 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.