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The changing concepts of tracheostomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

D. K. Mukherjee
D. K. Mukherjee
Affiliation:
Enugu, Nigeria
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Abstract

Summay

AN analysis of 110 tracheostomies done over a period of 4½ years in a teaching hospital in a developing country is presented in this paper. It will be interesting to note that upper airway obstruction leading to tracheostomy no longer holds the supreme position it used to hold only a short while ago. The main indication for the operation in this study has been—TETANUS. It is surmised that—in the near future—HEAD INJURY is going to be the prime indication for this operation.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 93 , Issue 9 , September 1979 , pp. 899 - 907
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1979

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