Open bedside surgical tracheostomy (OBST) is comparable to operating room-based tracheostomy (ORST) in operative time and complication rates.
OBST offers a significant cost reduction of approximately 53.6% compared to ORST.
Unfavorable neck anatomy, not the procedural setting, predicts intraoperative complications, while previous tracheostomy increases risk of major postoperative complications.
Use of a Bjork flap is protective against complications in surgical tracheostomy.
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