! ORL via Alexandros G.Sfakianakis on Inoreader: Tracheostomy in neurologically compromised paediatric patients: role of starplasty.

! ORL via Alexandros G.Sfakianakis on Inoreader

Tracheostomy in neurologically compromised paediatric patients: role of starplasty. Aug 19th 2015, 10:44, by Gupta A, Stokken J, Krakovitz P, Malhotra P, Anne S Related Articles Tracheostomy in neurologically compromised paediatric patients: role of starplasty. J Laryngol Otol. 2015 Aug 17;:1-4 Authors: Gupta A, Stokken J, Krakovitz P, Malhotra P, Anne S Abstract OBJECTIVES: Starplasty tracheostomy is an alternative to traditional tracheostomy. This paper reviews neurologically compromised paediatric patients with tracheostomies and discusses the role of starplasty tracheostomy. METHOD: A retrospective review was conducted of paediatric patients with a neurological disorder who underwent tracheostomy between 1997 and 2011. RESULTS: Forty-eight patients, with an average age of 7.3 years, were identified. The most common indications for tracheostomy were: ventilator dependence (39.6 per cent), an inability to tolerate secretions or recurrent aspiration pneumonia (33.3 per cent), and upper respiratory obstruction or hypotonia (12.5 per cent). The most common underlying neurological diagnosis was cerebral palsy. There were no early complications. Eighteen (43 per cent) of 42 patients with follow up experienced at least 1 delayed complication. Only 12 patients (28.6 per cent) were decannulated. CONCLUSION: Patients with primary neurological diagnoses have low rates of decannulation; starplasty tracheostomy should be considered for these patients. Patients with seizure disorder or acute neurological injury tended to have a higher short-term decannulation rate; traditional tracheostomy is recommended in these patients. PMID: 26279145 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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