Pratt Loring W, Ferlito Alfio, Rinaldo Alessandra
Department of Otolaryngology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Laryngoscope. 2008 Sep;118(9):1597-606. doi: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3181783a4c.
The authors review the ancient history of tracheotomy and bring the subject up to date (2008) by including the modern history of this procedure. In the past 60 years, there have been many advances in the knowledge of respiratory function that have been utilized to expand applications of the tracheotomy procedure. Improvements in the care of tracheotomized patients and the application of modifications in the available variety of tubes and ancillary equipment and procedures have made this a much more effective and widely utilized way of caring for the pulmonary cripple as well as utilizing it in the classical fixed obstruction of the upper airway.
作者回顾了气管切开术的古老历史，并通过纳入该手术的现代史将这一主题更新至2008年。在过去60年里，呼吸功能知识有了许多进展，这些进展已被用于扩大气管切开术的应用范围。气管切开患者护理的改善以及现有各种导管、辅助设备和手术方法的改进，使气管切开术成为一种更有效、应用更广泛的护理肺部残疾患者的方法，同时也用于治疗上呼吸道的典型固定性梗阻。
