Retrosternal Percutaneous Tracheostomy: An Approach for Predictably Impossible Classic Tracheostomy

Table 2

List of complications.

Complication	Description and solution	Patients, 𝑛
Cuff leak	Failure of the cuff to remain inflated at predetermined pressure; increased pressure, increased ventilatory pressure	2
Minor Bleeding	Oozing; frequent dressing changes, direct pressure or suture placement	2
Minor stoma infection	Localized infection; application of topical Antibiotics	1

𝑛: number.