Influence of early elective tracheostomy on the incidence of postoperative complications in patients undergoing head and neck surgery.

Autor: Meier J; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany., Wunschel M; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany. michael.wunschel@klinik.uni-regensburg.de., Angermann A; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany., Ettl T; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany., Metterlein T; Department of Anesthesiology of the University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany., Klingelhöffer C; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany., Reichert TE; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany., Ritzka M; Department of Anesthesiology of the University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC anesthesiology [BMC Anesthesiol] 2019 Mar 28; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 43. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Mar 28.
DOI: 10.1186/s12871-019-0715-9
Abstrakt: Background: The incidence of postoperative complications after head and neck surgery is high. This study evaluated the influence of early elective tracheostomy on the incidence of postoperative pneumonia and delirium.
Methods: We reviewed the data of all patients who had undergone removal of an oropharyngeal tumor and microsurgical tissue transfer at our department in a two year period. Pearson's Chi-squared test and the Fischer's exact t-test were then used to measure the influence of patients' preexisting conditions and risk factors and of early elective tracheostomy on the incidence of postoperative complications.
Results: In total, 47 cases were analyzed. Patients with an endotracheal tube were ventilated for a longer time (3.4 days vs. 1.5 days) and were transferred to the regular ward later (after 6.9 days vs. 4.7 days) than patients with tracheostomy. Only 1 (2.1%) of the patients with a tracheostomy developed pneumonia in contrast to 5 intubated patients (10.6%) and only 2 patients with a tracheostomy developed postoperative delirium (9.5%) in contrast to 8 intubated patients (30.8%).
Conclusion: Early primary tracheostomy in patients undergoing resection of oropharyngeal cancer seems to have numerous benefits, such as lower complication rates with regard to pneumonia and postoperative delirium and shorter duration of both mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit (ICU) stays. Further studies have to evaluate if these benefits also influence morbidity and mortality rates.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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