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Open tracheostomy

general and visceral surgery

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Skin incision
Tracheal access
Tracheal fenestration
Transcutaneous fixation of the fenestration
Inserting and connecting the tracheostomy tube
Outer fixation

Authors

Prof. Dr. med. Corinna Ludwig

Prof. Dr. med. Corinna Ludwig

Date

date of publication: 15.08.2013
date of update: 06.09.2023

Skin incision

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Transverse skin incision, about 3 cm, long, inferior to the thyroid cartilage and about 1-2 finger widths superior to the jugular fossa. Take down the skin and platysma to the superficial cervical fascia.

Tracheal access

After transverse transection of the superficial cervical fascia incise the pretracheal lamina in th

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Skin incision
Tracheal access
Tracheal fenestration
Transcutaneous fixation of the fenestration
Inserting and connecting the tracheostomy tube
Outer fixation