Tracheotomy and Airway

Prof. Dr. med. habil. Eckart Klemm Clinic of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Plastic Surgery Muncipial Hospital, Teaching Hospital of the University Dresden Dr. med. Andreas Nowak Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergemcy Medicine and Pain Management Muncipial Hospital, Teaching Hospital of the University Dresden

1. Tracheotomy when and where?.- 2. Advantages and disadvantages of tracheotomy, contraindications of percutaneous dilatation tracheostomies.- 3. Anatomy and topography in relation to tracheostomy.- 4. Histomorphology of Tracheal Barriers of Tracheotomy Patients.- 5. Methods of percutaneous dilated tracheostomy.- 6. Methods of surgical tracheostomy.- 7. The pediatric tracheostomy.- 8. The coniotomy, a life-saving emergency measure.- 9. Tracheostomy closure: execution, errors, dangers and complications.- 10. Complications of the tracheostomy and strategies to prevent it.- 11. Iatrogenic tracheal injuries - therapeutic options.- 12. Surgical treatment of laryngotracheal stenosis.- 13. Endoluminal splinting of the trachea.- 14. Tracheostomy in patients with increased intracranial pressure.- 15. Jet ventilation in the difficult airway.- 16. Anesthetic and respiratory medical specialties in percutaneous dilatative trachacheostomies.- 17. The way to the deanery.- 18. Special aspects of skin and mucous membrane care after tracheostomies.- 19. Tracheostomy tubes and cannula care.- 20. History of tracheostomy.