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Tracheostomy is indicated for temporary or permanent airway management. This chapter describes both open and percutaneous tracheostomy, and gives pitfalls and complications. Modifications appropriate for use on patients with highly contagious upper respiratory infections, such as the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-n19), are described.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Carol E. H. Scott-Conner

  2. Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, Vancouver, WA, USA

    K. Shad Pharaon

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Carol E. H. Scott-Conner

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center/Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA

    Andreas M. Kaiser

  3. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA

    Ninh T. Nguyen

  4. Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Umut Sarpel

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Sonia L. Sugg

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Scott-Conner, C.E.H., Pharaon, K.S. (2022). Tracheostomy. In: Scott-Conner, C.E.H., Kaiser, A.M., Nguyen, N.T., Sarpel, U., Sugg, S.L. (eds) Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81415-1_135

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