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Tracheostomy is one of the oldest known surgical interventions. Although it is a lifesaving method, it bears high complication and lethality rates. It was only at the beginning of the twentieth century, through systematic research by Jackson (1921), that a technique evolved that prevented significant complications.
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Storz, K., Schmidt, W. (2015). Tracheostomy. In: Dienemann, H., Hoffmann, H., Detterbeck, F. (eds) Chest Surgery. Springer Surgery Atlas Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12044-2_3
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