Tracheostomy

MD by the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil (1994). Residency in Head and Neck Surgery by the National Institute of Cancer, Brazil (INCA, 2000), specialization in head and neck surgery by the Brazilian Society of Head and Neck Surgery and by the Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUCRJ, 1998). MsC (2007) and PhD (2013) in oncology by INCA. Titular member of the Brazilian College of Surgeons. Attending surgeon and researcher at the Head and Neck Department - INCA, and professor of Head and Neck Surgery surgery at PUCRJ.

1. History of tracheostomy.- 2. Trachea anatomy.- 3. Mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy.- 4. Tracheostomy tube types.- 5. Conventional surgical technique.- 6. Percutaneous surgical technique.- 7. Conventional or percutaneous tracheostomy?.- 8. Tracheostomy in child.- 9. Tracheostomy in obese patients.- 10. Oncological tracheostomy.- 11. Mediastinal tracheostomy.- 12. Trans-tumor tracheostomy.- 13. Tracheostomy and radiotherapy.- 14. Tracheostomy in ortognatic facial and facial trauma surgery. Is there a place?.- 15. Bronchoscopy before and after tracheostomy.- 16. Indications of tracheostomy in the ICU. When and why?.- 17. Where is the best place to make the tracheostomy?.- 18. When and how to remove the tracheostomy tube?.- 19. Complications of tracheostomy.- 20. Trachea stenosis.- 21. Identifying a risk patient for trachea stenosis.- 22. Cricothyrotomy.- 23. Difficult intubation - How to avoid the tracheostomy?.- 24. How is the best way to take care of a patient with a tracheostomy tube?.- 25. Rehabilitation after tracheostomy.