Table 1 Perioperative complications (%) during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
Subcutaneous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Author | n | Major bleeding | emphysema | Pneumothorax | Tracheal lesions | Death |
Marelli et al. [8] | 61 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
Ciaglia and Graniero [9] | 170 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Friedman and Mayer [10] | 100 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0 | ? | 1.0 |
Manara [11] | 77 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fernandez et al. [13] | 162 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 0 |
Hill et al. [14] | 356 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.3 |
van Heurn et al. [15] | 150 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Petros and Engelmann [17] | 137 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 |
Walz et al. [18] | 326 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.3 |