Dear Editor, We read with huge interest the manuscript of Yokokawa et al. entitled"
Management of tracheostomy in COVID-19 patients: The Japanese experience"[1]. The …

During the SARS outbreak, percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) was considered
to be a more aerosol-generating procedures than open tracheostomy (OT). Therefore, OT …

Objective Involvement in the tracheostomy procedure for COVID-19 patients can lead to a
feeling of fear in medical staff. To address concerns over infection, we gathered and …

Purpose The outcome of performing a tracheostomy in patients with coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) seems promising based on the reported 30-day survival rate. However, long …

Objective Tracheostomy is an important surgical procedure for coronavirus disease-2019
(COVID-19) patients who underwent prolonged tracheal intubation. Surgical indication of …

Background An increasing number of COVID‐19 patients worldwide will probably need
tracheostomy in an emergency or at the recovering stage of COVID‐19. We explored the …

Background: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to a large and
increasing number of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy …

Background Tracheostomy improves outcomes for critically ill patients requiring prolonged
mechanical ventilation. Data are limited on the use and benefit of tracheostomies for …

We appreciate the thoughtful comments of Dr. Brenner et al. and fully agree with the issues
they raise. Our paper covered one institution's data on COVID-19 related tracheostomies1 …

In this retrospective multicentre cohort study that included 27 COVID-19 patients who
underwent tracheostomy, the mean time between intubation and tracheostomy was 15.8 …