Our experience of shorter stay and lower cost for local vs general anaesthetic placement of tracheoesophageal fistulae in twenty-seven patients

Clin Otolaryngol. 2019 May;44(3):423-426. doi: 10.1111/coa.13292. Epub 2019 Feb 22.

Authors

Anna K Megow¹, Rachel K Goggin¹, Vikram Padhye¹, Suren Krishnan¹, Andrew Foreman¹, John-Charles Hodge¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

PMID: 30672668
DOI: 10.1111/coa.13292

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Anesthesia, General / economics*
Anesthesia, Local / economics*
Anesthetics, General / economics
Anesthetics, Local / economics
Female
Humans
Laryngectomy*
Larynx, Artificial*
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / surgery*
Retrospective Studies
Tracheoesophageal Fistula / surgery*

Substances

Anesthetics, General
Anesthetics, Local