Comparative study on complications of emergency and elective tracheostomy

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  • Md Harun Or Rashid Registrar of ENT, Pabna Medical Colege Hospital, Pabna
  • Ahmmad Taous Associate Professor of ENT, Pabna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjo.v21i2.27642

Abstract

Background: Both elective and emergency tracheostomy as life saving procedure is frequently performed. Tracheostomy can be associated with numerous (per operative and post operative) complications.

Methods: this was a cross sectional study 120 patients were studied age ranged from 9 years to 79 years in four different tertiary hospitals in Dhaka from July 2011 to June 2013.

Results: Among 120 tracheostomized patients, 75 (62.5%) were patients of emergency tracheostomy group and 45 (37.5%) were patients of elective tracheostomy group. Laryngeal carcinoma and other head-neck malignancy were the common (67.34%) indications for emergency tracheostomy. Maxillofacial and laryngeal surgery (50.1%) was the common indications for elective tracheostomy. Haemmorage was the most common complication. The second most common complication were subcutaneous surgical emphysema and wound infection , Then tube displacement, pericondritis and stomal stenosis/ granulation tissue formation were the complications . In all stages (peroperative, immediate postoperative, early postoperative and late postoperative), the frequency of complications was more in emergency tracheostomy and it was statistically significant (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Complications are more in emergency than elective tracheostomy. To reduce complications should be aim of all types of tracheostomy

Bangladesh J Otorhinolaryngol; October 2015; 21(2): 69-75

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Md Harun Or Rashid, Registrar of ENT, Pabna Medical Colege Hospital, Pabna



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Published

2016-05-07

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Rashid, M. H. O., & Taous, A. (2016). Comparative study on complications of emergency and elective tracheostomy. Bangladesh Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 21(2), 69–75. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjo.v21i2.27642

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2015)

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