Objectives: The aim of our study is to compare the classical surgical tracheostomy (TT) technique with a modified surgical technique designed and created by the cardiothoracic surgery staff of our department to reduce surgical trauma and postoperative complications. This modified technique combines features of percutaneous tracheostomy and surgical tracheostomy avoiding the use of specialized tools, which are required in percutaneous tracheostomy Methods: From October 2008 to March 2014 we performed 67 tracheostomies using this New Modified Surgical Technique (NMST) and 56 tracheostomy with the Classical Surgical Technique (CST). We collected data about the early clinical complications, deaths tracheostomy-related, deaths due to other complications and the presence of late TT’s complications was performed by a telephone follow-up. SPSS software (IMB version 21) was used for the statistical analysis. Categorical data were treated with chi square test and continuous data were treated with “t” test for independent samples. Results: NMST group had a significant lower number of early complications (p = 0,005) compared to CST group (5 vs. 15). In-Hospital mortality was significantly higher in CST group (18 deaths vs. 4 in NMST group, p = 0,001) but we registered only one case of tracheostomy-related mortality in CST group (p = 0,280). We did not note other differences between the two groups regarding short or mid-long term complications. Conclusions: In our experience the NMST demonstrated to be easily safe and reproducible with an amount of early, mid- and long-term complications similar to the classical surgical technique; furthermore the aesthetic results of the procedure appear similar to those of percutaneous tracheostomy
Parma tracheostomy technique: a hybrid approach to tracheostomy between classical surgical and percutaneous tracheostomies / Molardi, Alberto; Benassi, Filippo; Manca, Tullio; Ramelli, Andrea; Vezzani, Antonella; Nicolini, Francesco; Romano, Giorgio; Matteo, Ricci; Carino, Davide; Chicco, Maria Vincenza Di; Gherli, Tiziano. - In: JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE. - ISSN 2072-1439. - 8:12(2016), pp. 3633-3638. [10.21037/jtd.2016.12.100]
Parma tracheostomy technique: a hybrid approach to tracheostomy between classical surgical and percutaneous tracheostomies.
NICOLINI, Francesco;Carino, Davide;GHERLI, Tiziano
2016-01-01
Abstract
Objectives: The aim of our study is to compare the classical surgical tracheostomy (TT) technique with a modified surgical technique designed and created by the cardiothoracic surgery staff of our department to reduce surgical trauma and postoperative complications. This modified technique combines features of percutaneous tracheostomy and surgical tracheostomy avoiding the use of specialized tools, which are required in percutaneous tracheostomy Methods: From October 2008 to March 2014 we performed 67 tracheostomies using this New Modified Surgical Technique (NMST) and 56 tracheostomy with the Classical Surgical Technique (CST). We collected data about the early clinical complications, deaths tracheostomy-related, deaths due to other complications and the presence of late TT’s complications was performed by a telephone follow-up. SPSS software (IMB version 21) was used for the statistical analysis. Categorical data were treated with chi square test and continuous data were treated with “t” test for independent samples. Results: NMST group had a significant lower number of early complications (p = 0,005) compared to CST group (5 vs. 15). In-Hospital mortality was significantly higher in CST group (18 deaths vs. 4 in NMST group, p = 0,001) but we registered only one case of tracheostomy-related mortality in CST group (p = 0,280). We did not note other differences between the two groups regarding short or mid-long term complications. Conclusions: In our experience the NMST demonstrated to be easily safe and reproducible with an amount of early, mid- and long-term complications similar to the classical surgical technique; furthermore the aesthetic results of the procedure appear similar to those of percutaneous tracheostomyI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.