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Table 3.

Need for tracheostomy post-injury

Paper	Outcomes	Surgical group	Non-surgical group	P value
Tanaka et al. [11]		(n = 18)	(n = 19)
	Tracheostomy (day 7)	0	5	NS
	Tracheostomy (day 21)	3	15	< 0.05
Marasco et al. [12]		(n = 23)	(n = 23)
Marasco et al. [12]	Tracheostomy	9	16	0.04
Malhotra et al. [14]		(n = 13)	(n = 11)
Malhotra et al. [14]	Tracheostomy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Liu et al. [13]		(n = 25)	(n = 25)
Liu et al. [13]	Tracheostomy	10	7	0.55