OBJECTIVE: To review the long-term results and our experience with cricotracheal @entity254 via a cervical approach for assisted ventilation-induced @entity850 . DESIGN: A case series of 41 @entity1 consecutively treated with cricotracheal @entity254 . SETTING: A tertiary care center and university teaching hospital. @entity1 : Group 1 consisted of 22 @entity1 with @entity850 reaching the lower border of the cricoid cartilage that did not require resection of the cricoid cartilage. Group 2 consisted of 19 @entity1 in whom correction of the @entity850 required cricoid resection. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Statistical analysis of airway patency was based on the Kaplan-Meier actuarial life table method. Incidence for the @entity260 was presented. Univariate analysis was performed to analyze the relationships between various factors, airway patency, and the incidence for the @entity532 encountered. RESULTS: The Kaplan-Meier 5-year airway patency estimate was 100% in group 1 @entity1 and 82.5% in group 2 @entity1 . In group 2 @entity1 , complementary treatment with dilatations in 2 @entity1 resulted in an overall 94.8% airway patency rate. In the last @entity1 , the airway patency was not reestablished after cricotracheal @entity254 , and a Montgomery T tube was inserted. Postoperative complications included unilateral inferior @entity2895 (3 @entity1 ), cervical @entity135 (2 @entity1 ), pneumothorax (1 @entity1 ), and major @entity9285 (1 @entity1 ). None of the following variables was statistically related to the airway patency or to the @entity532 encountered: sex, age, cause for @entity850 , delay from @entity130 , prior treatment, presence of a tracheotomy, number of tracheal rings resected, type of sutures used, and type of @entity254 performed. CONCLUSIONS: The data reported reemphasized that cricotracheal @entity254 with or without cricoid resection is a safe and reliable procedure for assisted ventilation-induced @entity6184 reaching and/or involving the subglottis and/or cricoid cartilage.

Cricotracheal XXXX for assisted ventilation-induced @entity850 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS'] @entity135 :: ('MESH:D006258', 'Disease') :: ['neck abscess'] @entity9285 :: ('MESH:D013352', 'Disease') :: ['subcutaneous emphysema'] @entity254 :: ('MESH:C563598', 'Disease') :: ['anastomosis'] @entity532 :: ('MESH:D003925', 'Disease') :: ['various complications'] @entity260 :: ('MESH:D011183', 'Disease') :: ['various postoperative complications'] @entity2895 :: ('MESH:D015840', 'Disease') :: ['laryngeal nerve paralysis'] @entity6184 :: ('MESH:D014135', 'Disease') :: ['upper tracheal stenosis'] @entity850 :: ('MESH:D003251', 'Disease') :: ['stenosis'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['initial injury']
@entity254 :: (MESH:C563598,Disease) :: ['anastomosis']
