To investigate indications, features and outcome of pediatric tracheotomy in our ENT department.A retrospective chart review of all pediatric patients who underwent tracheotomy between 1992 and 2006 in the Children's Hospital of the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel. The main parameters of the study were age, gender, indications, morbidity and mortality rate, time and success of decannulation.Twenty-nine children younger than 16 years of age, 21 males and 8 females, underwent tracheotomy. Indications for tracheotomy fell into two main groups: chronic diseases requiring ventilation support (55
作者：L, Gheyle；K, Keymolen；S, Halewijck；F, Gordts
来源：B-ENT 2008 年 4卷 1期
