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Complications - Percutaneous tracheostomy

  1. Intraoperative Complications

    • Bleeding (< 2%)
    • Bleeding into the trachea
    • Tracheal injury/injury to the posterior tracheal wall ( 2.2 %)
    • Injury to the cricoid cartilage
    • Pneumothorax (<1%)
    • paratracheal misplacement (extremely rare)
    • Failed puncture with injury to adjacent organs (carotid artery, esophagus, thyroid gland)
    • Injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve
    • Cardiac arrest due to vagal stimulation
Postoperative Complications

Bleeding in the postoperative phaseSubcutaneous emphysema (up to mediastinal emphysema with obstruc

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