Article ; Online: Elective open "Shield Tracheostomy" in patients with COVID-19.
2021 Volume 279, Issue 2, Page(s) 891–897
Abstract: Purpose: To prevent the consequences of long-term endotracheal intubation, patients undergo tracheostomies. However, as COVID-19 is highly contagious, its existence has made the tracheostomy a high-risk procedure. Tracheostomy procedures must, therefore, ...
Abstract | Purpose: To prevent the consequences of long-term endotracheal intubation, patients undergo tracheostomies. However, as COVID-19 is highly contagious, its existence has made the tracheostomy a high-risk procedure. Tracheostomy procedures must, therefore, be adjusted for safety reasons. The aim is to present the adjustments that should be made to the surgical technique. Methods: Both the medical charts and surgical reports of patients with COVID-19 who were subjected to elective open tracheostomies were reviewed. Results: The retrospective study included 25 patients. Our adjustments include the timing of tracheostomies, ideally putting them at 21 days after the onset of COVID-19, the advancement of an endotracheal tube to 26-28 cm from the upper-alveolar ridge, surgery being carried out in the intensive care unit with appropriately modified positions of the patient and providers, tracheo-cutaneous sutures, and intentionally making the small tracheal flap and the tracheal window the same shape as a medieval shield. Conclusions: A tracheostomy performed in this way is now referred to as the Shield Tracheostomy. Further improvements to the surgical technique are expected in the future. |
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MeSH term(s) | COVID-19 ; Humans ; Intubation, Intratracheal ; Retrospective Studies ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Tracheostomy |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-04-21 |
Publishing country | Germany |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 1017359-6 |
ISSN | 1434-4726 ; 0937-4477 |
ISSN (online) | 1434-4726 |
ISSN | 0937-4477 |
DOI | 10.1007/s00405-021-06820-7 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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