This book provides a practical guide to the complications encountered in tracheotomy procedures. Chapters cover the entire treatment journey, from indication and performance of all types of tracheotomies to the occlusion of the stoma. A tracheotomy can often have serious complications and the management and prevention of these complications are discussed in detail. Practical anatomy, anesthesia for airway management, and surgical and endoscopic treatment of diseases related to tracheotomies are also covered.

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.