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Table 2 Follow-up telephone interviews assessed wound healing, voice changes, breathing or swallowing difficulties.

From: Cricothyroidotomy for elective airway management in critically ill trauma patients with technically challenging neck anatomy

 

Available survivors

Surgical closures of persistent stomas

Minor voice changes

Cricothyroidotomy

8/11

0

3

Tracheostomy

9/16

1

3