Complications of Emergency Tracheostomy
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To find various complications of tracheostomy and their causes and mean / ways for there preventions. This study was conducted from 1st March 1996 to 28th February 1997 at LRH, Peshawar. This study included fifty patients with respiratory distress due to various reasons. All the tracheostomies were performed in OT either under General Anaesthesia or local anaesthesia. in 68% patients Portex cuffed tracheostomy tubes were used and in 32% of cases silver tubes were used. Haemorrhage is the most common intra operative complication, which could be prevented / reduced by good surgical techniques. While tubal obstruction is the commonest post operative complication which needs meticulous post operative care.
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Ullah A, Ullah I, Rasool G, Billah M. Complications of Emergency Tracheostomy. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 28 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];18(2). Available from: https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/880
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