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INDICATIONS OF TRACHEOSTOMY IN BASRAH | ||
| Basrah Journal of Surgery | ||
| Article 1, Volume 24, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 3-7 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33762/bsurg.2018.160094 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed M Al-Abbasi; Duraid A Al-Tameemi; Ali A Al-Kaabi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract This retrospective study aimed to determine the main indications of tracheostomy in four main hospitals in Basrah centre. The study included 89 patients who were submitted to tracheostomy during a 2 year period and data was reviewed from the medical records. Patients were 70 males (78.66%) and 19 females (21.34%). The age of the patients ranged from 1-75 years with mean age of 44.367±13.18 years. Open surgical tracheostomy was performed in all patients, 89.89% of them were submitted to surgery as elective procedure and 94.39% were operated upon under general anesthesia. The main indications of tracheostomy in this study is the need for prolonged ventilation (61.80%) mostly caused by head injury, followed by upper aero-digestive tumor (19.1%) and lastly cranio-cervical trauma (8.89%). In conclusion, the commonest indication of tracheostomy in Basrah is the need for prolonged ventilation. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| tracheostomy; ventilation | ||
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