Percutaneous dilated tracheostomy in anesthetist practice
The article analyzes the methods of tracheostomy in intensive care patients, the percutaneous dila- tation tracheostomy (PDT) technique is presented, analyzes its differences from classical tracheos- tomy technique. The authors present their own experience of 172 tracheostomy by PDT method; indicate the possible complications of this technique, as well as the advantages of PDT to classical tracheostomy.