Open AccessA Single-Center 8-Year Experience With Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy
Author(s) -
Paul A. Kearney,
Margaret M. Griffen,
Juan B. Ochoa,
Bernard R. Boulanger,
Betty J. Tseui,
Robert M. Mentzer
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200005000-00010
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , complication , surgery , percutaneous , single center , retrospective cohort study , tracheal stenosis , anesthesia , tracheal intubation , airway
To determine surgical, postoperative, and postdischarge complications associated with percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT) in an 8-year experience at the University of Kentucky.