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The history of percutaneous tracheotomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

L. W. Ernest van Heurn*
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgery, University Hospital, Heerlen, the Netherlands
Peter R. G. Brink
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgery, Maastricht and De Wever Hospital, Heerlen, the Netherlands
*
Address for correspondence: L. W. E. van Heurn, M.D., Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Postbox 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands. Fax: 043-3875473.

Abstract

Percutaneous tracheotomy is a surgical procedure for inserting a tracheal cannula into the tracheal lumen without a large incision, without extensive dissection of pretracheal tissue and without exposure of the trachea. Ciaglia's report on the procedure a decade ago led to this technique gaining popularity, although its origin is much older.

Type
Historical Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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