Figure 2From: Percutaneous and surgical tracheostomy in critically ill adult patients: a meta-analysisForest plot for comparison of percutaneous tracheostomy versus surgical tracheostomy. (a) Outcome: major postprocedural bleeding. (b) Outcome: technical difficulties. (c) Outcome: stoma inflammation. (d) Outcome: stoma infection. CI, confidence interval; GWDF, guide wire dilatation forceps technique; MDT, multiple dilatator techniques; M-H, Mantel–Haenszel; PT, percutaneous tracheostomy; SSDT, single-step dilatator technique; ST, surgical tracheostomy; TLT, translaryngeal tracheostomy.Back to article page