Surgical technique affects the risk for tracheostoma-related complications in post-ICU patients

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1303-1308

  Koitschev, Assen ^a   Simon, Christian ^a   Blumenstock, Gunnar ^a   Mach, Heike ^c   Graumueller, Sylke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c Neurological Rehabilitation Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical care; Dilatational tracheotomy; Late complications; Rehabilitation; Surgical tracheotomy; Tracheal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOMALACIA; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 33751083859     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480600702134     Document Type: Article

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