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| Immediate |
| Bleeding |
| Tracheal tube obstruction |
| Pneumomediastinum |
| Pneumothorax |
| Loss of airway |
| Tracheal ring fracture |
| Paratracheal placement of tracheostomy tube |
| Injury to thyroid |
| Cardiac or respiratory decompensation |
| Late |
| Infection |
| Granulation tissue formation |
| Tracheal tube displacement or malposition |
| Cuff leak |
| Tracheal stenosis |
| TEF |
| Tracheo vascular fistula |
TEF, tracheoesophageal fistula.
