Complications - Percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy

  1. Intraoperative complications

    • Bleeding (< 2%)
    • Intratracheal bleeding
    • Tracheal injury/injury to the posterior wall (2,2%)
    • Injury to the cricoid cartilage
    • Pneumothorax (< 1%)
    • Paratracheal malposition (extremely rare)
    • Failed puncture with injury to adjacent organs (carotid artery, esophagus, thyroid)
    • Injury to the recurrent nerve
    • Cardiac arrest by vagal stimulation
Postoperative complications

Secondary bleeding during the postoperative stageCutaneous emphysema (incl. mediastinal emphysema w

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