Modified translaryngeal tracheostomy for ventilator-dependent cardiac patients: A pilot of nonrandomized study.

Introduction: A significant proportion of ventilator-dependent cardiac patients need tracheostomy during intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Three different methods including traditional (surgical), percutaneous dilatation tracheostomy, translaryngeal tracheostomy (TLT), and classical Fantoni method have been developed. In this study, modified translaryngeal tracheostomy (MTLT) has been introduced to reduce and correct the technical difficulty of classical TLT through the larynx.