Nihon Kikan Shokudoka Gakkai Kaiho
Online ISSN : 1880-6848
Print ISSN : 0029-0645
ISSN-L : 0029-0645
Tracheostomy-A Simple and Fast Method
Keisuke UesugiIsao KatoKouichiro TsutsumiHiroya IwatakeMotonori KikuchiharaHiroshi IwasawaJun IidaIsamu Takeyama
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1990 Volume 41 Issue 6 Pages 465-470

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Abstract
The complication rate after emergency tracheostomy is two to five times greater than that after elective procedures. One of the main causes of the high risk of complications in emergency tracheostomy appears to be due to the amount of time required to open the tracheal stoma.
Therefore, simple and fast procedures are mandatory. We have developed a new procedure as follows: A horizontal skin incision is performed. Strap muscles are dissected and retracted laterally. A transverse cut between tracheal rings below the thyroid isthmus is performed up to 2-3 mm above the membranous portion of the trachea. Cut ends remain open naturally because of the elasticity of the trachea. Skin and tracheal cut-ends are then individually ligated by interrupted sutures.
We have used this procedure during the past three years and have not experienced any major complications.
This demonstrates the clear advantage and the more physiological nature of the procedure over various other incisions of the tracheal wall.
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