Figure 1From: Clinical review: Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomyA comparison of perioperative complications with five different PDT techniques. *P < 0.05 versus any other technique; †P < 0.05 versus PDT, TLT and BR. BR, Blue Rhino; CPDT, Ciaglia's percutanous dilatational tracheostomy; GWDF, guidewire dilating forceps; TLT, translaryngeal tracheostomy; PDT, percutanous dilatational tracheostomy; PT, PercuTwist technique.Back to article page