COMPLICATIONS OF TRACHEOSTOMY IN MAJOR HEAD AND NECK-CANCER SURGERY ARETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 60 CONSECUTIVE CASES

Authors
CASTLING B TELFER M AVERY BS
Citation
B. Castling et al., COMPLICATIONS OF TRACHEOSTOMY IN MAJOR HEAD AND NECK-CANCER SURGERY ARETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 60 CONSECUTIVE CASES, British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery, 32(1), 1994, pp. 3-5
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02664356
Volume
32
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3 - 5
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-4356(1994)32:1<3:COTIMH>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Employment of tracheostomy in head and neck cancer surgery remains con troversial. This study details those cases in which the life-saving po tential of tracheostomy placement was considered to outweigh the obser ved disadvantages. Sixty consecutive cases of tracheostomy in head and neck cancer patients were assessed and revealed a relatively low comp lication rate (11% of cases). Chest infection was the commonest proble m encountered, although none were life threatening and all responded t o treatment. Surgical and medical management aimed at reducing tracheo stomy complications is discussed.