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To study the safety of percutaneous vs open tracheostomy approaches on patients requiring long term ventilation in ICU setting. It is a prospective study done over a period of 2 years on 105 patients requiring long term ventilation in ICU set up in a tertiary care hospital. Patients were subjected to either open approach or percutaneous tracheostomy bedside in ICU itself. Then patients were followed during their hospital stay to look for any tracheostomy related complications. Data regarding age, gender, indications of long term ventilation and complications were compiled and analysis was done. It was found that most of the patients were of male gender (88.6%) in the age group of 50–59 years of age. The most common cause for tracheostomy was head injury secondary to road traffic accident, seen in 79 out of 105 cases. On comparing complications rate, there was no statistically significant difference in both the groups. However rate of peristomal infection is more with open approach group (P < 0.05). Percutaneous tracheostomy can be performed safely in ICU as a bedside procedure. There is significant reduction in peristomal infection with percutaneous tracheostomy and there is no significant difference in other complications between the two groups. Thus percutaneous tracheostomy is as safe as an open approach tracheostomy in properly selected cases.
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Maheshwaran, S., Thomas, S.V., Raman, G.K. et al. Safety of Percutaneous vs Open Tracheostomy on Intubated Patients in ICU Setting: Which One is Better?. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 74 (Suppl 3), 4978–4981 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02544-6
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