Results
Five (25 %) out of 20 patients died as a result of septic shock and
multi-organ failure. None of these patients died from accidental airway
obstruction or airway management mishaps. Keeping short-term orotracheal
intubation was safe and adequate after the initial surgery. Early
tracheotomy was performed for four patients of all but it was
significantly associated with mortality (p=0.032 ). Three patients
who underwent late tracheotomy had no mortality. Patients with
tracheotomy had longer duration of overall hospital stay than those
without tracheotomy.