Table 4.

patient’s characteristics

Patient	Decannulation status	CRS-r at inclusion	Ethical restriction at inclusion	FEES during tracheostomy weaning	VFSS during tracheostomy weaning	Vital status during tracheostomy weaning protocol	Etiology severity	Vital status at 6 months	Mechanical ventilation duration (days)	ICU length of stay (days)	Tracheostomy type at ICU discharge	Feeding status at ICU discharge	Pulmonary status at ICU discharge	Functional status at ICU discharge
1	Success	7	Yes	No	No	Alive	SAH (anterior communicating artery aneurysm) W5F4, CVS	Alive	14	40	Portex® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5
2	Success	23	No	No	No	Alive	SAH (left sylvian artery aneurysm) W5F4	Alive	18	26	Portex® 10	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5, left hemiplegia
3	Success	22	No	No	No	Alive	SAH (left postero inferior cerebellum artery aneurysm) W5F4, CVS	Alive	55	60	Portex® 10	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, O2 1 l/min	mRS 5
4	Success	21	No	No	No	Alive	Left cerebellar hemangioblastoma	Alive	11	20	Rusch® 10	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5, left hemiplegia, cerebellar ataxia, left PFP
5	Success	18	No	No	No	Alive	Pituitary macroadenoma	Alive	17	25	Rusch® 10	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2, history of asthma	mRS 4, left PFP
6	Success	5	No	No	No	Alive	Left temporal ICH	Alive	10	29	Rusch®10	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5, left hemiplegia
7	Never decannulated	9	Yes	No	No	Alive	Suprasellar cavernoma, post-surgical hemorrhage, right sylvian territory SAH	Deceased (digestive complication, out of protocol death)	31	92	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5
8	Success	19	No	No	No	Alive	SAH (anterior communicating artery aneurysm) W4F4	Alive	33	67	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5
9	Success	20	No	Yes	No	Alive	SAH (right sylvian artery aneurysm) W5F4,CVS	Alive	33	38	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5, left hemiplegia
10	Success	23	No	No	No	Alive	SAH (left internal carotid artery aneurysm), W2F4, CVS	Alive	25	45	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 4, right hemiplegia
11	Success	5	No	No	No	Alive	SAH (right sylvian artery aneurysm), W5F4	Alive	19	39	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5
12	Never decannulated	19	No	No	No	Deceased (pulmonary embolism)	Compressive giant basilar trunk aneurysm	–	20	25	Rusch® 10	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5
13	Never decannulated	3	Yes	No	No	Deceased (cardio-respiratory failure)	SAH (right sylvian artery aneurysm), W5F4	–	17	47	Rusch® 10	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5
14	Success	11	No	No	No	Alive	SAH (corpus callosum splenium AVM), W5F4	Alive	17	42	Rusch® 10	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5
15	Success	17	No	No	No	Alive	Left fronto-temporal ICH + left SDH (left sylvian artery aneurysm)	Alive	24	36	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 4, right hemiplegia
16	Success	23	No	No	No	Alive	Fourth ventricle hemangioblastoma	Alive	40	43	Rusch® 10	Nasogastric feeding tube, NPO	Eupnea, O2 2 l/min	mRS 4, cerebellar ataxia
17	Success	17	No	No	No	Alive	SAH (basilar trunk aneurysm) W4F4, CVS	Alive	36	41	Rusch® 10	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5
18	Success	22	No	No	No	Alive	ICH, SAH (left sylvian aneurysm), W4F4	Alive	16	30	Shiley® 6LPC	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5, right hemiplegia
19	Success	19	No	No	No	Alive	Left pontocerebellar angle meningioma	Alive	27	30	Shiley® 6LPC	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, O2 3 l/min	mRS 5, right hemiplegia
20	Success	3	No	No	No	Alive	SAH (right internal carotid aneurysm), W5F4, CVS	Alive	27	40	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 4, left hemiplegia
21	Success	22	No	No	No	Alive	Severe TBI	Alive	38	62	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, O2 2 l/min	mRS 5
22	Success	6	Yes	No	No	Alive	SAH (right sylvian aneurysm), W5F4,	Alive	13	20	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5, left hemiplegia
23	Success	23	No	No	No	Alive	SAH (anterior communicating artery aneurysm), W4F4	Alive	26	36	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, O2 2 l/min	mRS 4, right hemiplegia
24	Success	20	No	No	No	Alive	Left ICH	Alive	38	74	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5
25	Success	18	Yes	No	No	Alive	SAH (right sylvian aneurysm), W5F4	Alive	11	38	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5, left hemiplegia
26	Success	16	No	No	No	Alive	SAH (right internal carotid aneurysm)	Alive	36	38	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5
27	Never decannulated	19	No	No	No	Alive	Posterior fossa astrocytoma	Alive	28	34	Shiley 6LPC	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 5, left hemiplegia
28	Success	14	Yes	No	No	Alive	SAH (pericallosal artery aneurysm), W5F4, CVS	Alive	26	47	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, O2 1 l/min	mRS 5
29	Success	12	No	No	No	Alive	SAH (right internal carotid aneurysm), W5F3	Alive	17	22	Rusch® 8,5	Gastrostomy, NPO	Eupnea, no O2, history of OAS	mRS 5, left hemiplegia
30	Success	23	No	No	No	Alive	Superior vermian ICH	Alive	12	21	Rusch® 8,5	Nasogastric feeding tube, NPO	Eupnea, no O2	mRS 4, cerebellar ataxia

AVM arteriovenous malformation, CRS-r coma recovery scale revised, CVS cerebral vasospasm, FEES fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing, ICH intracerebral haemorrhage, ICU intensive care unit, mRS modified Rankin score, NPO nil per os, PFP peripheric facial paralysis, SAH subarachnoid haemorrhage, SDH subdural haemorrhage, TBI traumatic brain injury, VFSS video-fluoroscopic swallowing studies, W*F* WFNS World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies* Fischer*