Table 4 - Complications of tracheotomy
From the following article
Surgical intervention and treatment of oral, pharyngeal motor disorders
Eugene A. Chu and James H. Kelly
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo51
Source: Goldenberg et al.36 and Myers.30 |
| Intraoperative |
| Hemorrhage |
| Air embolism |
| Apnea |
| Pneumothorax |
| Pneumomediastinum |
| Damage to adjacent structures |
| Tracheoesophageal fistula |
| Early postoperative (hours to days postprocedure) |
| Hemorrhage |
| Tube obstruction |
| Tube displacement |
| Wound infection |
| Subcutaneous emphysema |
| Late postoperative |
| Hemorrhage (from tracheoinnominate ) |
| Tracheoesophageal fistula |
| Tracheal stenosis |
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