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.