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REVIEW OF 280 TRACHEOSTOMIES
Author(s) -
LORD REGINALD
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1967.tb05518.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , fistula , general surgery
Summary 1. A series of 280 tracheostomies from St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, is reported. 2. Indications for operation are classified and figures presented to show that the operation is more common than formerly. 3. Operative techniques are described. 4. Complications, in particular those relating to cuffed tubes, are tabulated. 5. A case report of tracheo‐arterial fistula is added to the literature. 6. Overall mortality was 40 per cent.