Creation of a patent subglottic airway after partial cricotracheal resection (PCTR) may not always result in successful decannulation due to associated parameters such as co-morbidity and/or glottic involvement. We classified patients after incorporating these additional parameters into the original Myer-Cotton classification to assess whether this could better predict the outcome measures after PCTR.
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois), Lausanne 1011, Vaudois, Switzerland.
