Comparison of the Clinical Efficacy between Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheotomy and Conventional Tracheotomy

Objective To evaluate comparatively the clinical efficacy of percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy(PDT) and conventional tracheotomy for critically illpatients in ICU.Methods 104 patients with tracheotomy in ICU were selected and divided them into two groups.As control group contains 48 patients underwent conventional tracheotomy and observation group has 56 patients received PDT.The mean time used for the operations,complications,and safety were compared between the two methods.Results The operation-related complications in observation group were less than control group(P0.05),and has shorter operation time,incision length,recovery time and bleeding(P0.05).Conclusion PDT has much characteristics as safety,easy to operate,with less time and complications.