Decannulation

Managing the weaning of a temporary tracheostomy.

E Everitt - Nursing times, 2016

1. Nurs Times. 2016 May 18-24;112(20):17-9. Managing the weaning of a temporary tracheostomy.
Everitt E. The second article of this four-part series on tracheostomy care describes the process
of weaning patients off a tracheostomy, decannulation of the tube and aftercare. ...

Outcome of Tracheostomy Closure in Oral Cancer Surgery Patients

M Higashino, R Kawata, S Omura, Y Kikuoka, N Suzuki… - Journal of Otology & …, 2016

... Conclusion: Although early removal of the tracheal cannula is advantageous for improving the
QOL of the patient, long-term cannulation does not interfere with spontaneous closure.
Accordingly, it is necessary to carefully consider the timing of decannulation. ...

Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy

A List - Interventional Critical Care: A Manual for Advanced …, 2016

... BMI> 35 kg/m2—larger patients may have pre-cervical soft tissue that is too thick for the standard
tracheostomy tube to traverse, resulting in incomplete or poor cannulation of the trachea and
high risk for inadvertent decannulation; extra long tracheostomy tubes may be ...