Advances in Otolaryngology

Clinical Study

Retrospective Analysis of Pediatric Tracheostomy

Table 1

Indications for tracheotomy in our patients.
Indications %
General body trauma1425.0
Neuromuscular disease 712.5
Metabolic disease 610.7
Postoperative period following major surgery 5 8.9
Infection/sepsis-related disease 712.5
Craniofacial anomaly 4 7.2
Head and neck malignancy 4 7.2
Suicide and hanging 2 3.6
Electricity shock 2 3.6
Laryngeal web and stenosis 2 3.6
Laryngeal paralysis 2 3.6
Foreign body 1 1.8
Total56100