• Southern medical journal · Oct 1995

    Comparative Study

    Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy: an alternative approach to surgical tracheostomy.

    • A Chendrasekhar, S Ponnapalli, and A Duncan.
    • Department of Surgery, Brooklyn Hospital Center, NY, USA.
    • South. Med. J. 1995 Oct 1; 88 (10): 1062-4.

    AbstractPercutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) offers a nonoperative alternative to patients needing an elective tracheostomy. The technique associated with PDT is essentially a progressive dilatation using blunt-tipped dilators for the placement of a tracheostomy tube. We retrospectively compared patient charges and operating time for 18 PDTs and 18 surgical tracheostomies. Our analysis suggests that percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy is a cost-effective alternative to the open procedure for elective tracheostomy.

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