Tracheostomy with thyroidectomy: indications, management and outcome: a prospective study.

Objectives: This study aims to determine the indications, course and outcome of pre-operative and post-thyroidectomy tracheostomy.

Subjects And Methods: This is a prospective descriptive study conducted in Khartoum Teaching Hospital in the period between March 2000 and March 2005. Fifty-nine patients had tracheostomy out of 964 thyroidectomy patients, giving an incidence of 6%.