Table 3.
Tracheostomy complications in two groups of patients
| Complications | PDT group (n = 16) |
ST group (n = 16) |
p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| I.Peri-operative: | |||
| i. Haemorrhage | |||
| Minimal | 10 | 11 | NS |
| Moderate | 6 | 5 | NS |
| ii. False passage | 0 | 0 | NS |
| iii. Pneumothorax | 0 | 0 | NS |
| iv. Deaths | 0 | 0 | NS |
| v. Sub-cutaneous emphysema | 0 | 1 | NS |
| vi. Puncture of endotracheal tube cuff | 1 | 0 | NS |
| II. Post-operative | |||
| i. Haemorrhage (minimal) | 2 | 1 | NS |
| ii. Significant bleeding | 0 | 0 | NS |
| iii. Stomal infection | 0 | 3 | NS |
| iv. Peristomal granuloma | 0 | 1 | NS |
| v. Persistent stoma | 0 | 1 | NS |
| vi. Accidental decannulation | 0 | 1 | NS |
| vii. Tracheal stenosis | 1 | 0 | NS |
| Total complictions | 20 | 24 | |
PDT Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy, ST Surgical tracheostomy, NS Statistically not significant