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To the Editor: In the Video in Clinical Medicine on cricothyroidotomy, Hsiao and Pacheco-Fowler (May 29 issue)¹ focus on the surgical technique. We think it is important to discuss the advantage of the Seldinger approach. In a study involving 200 cadavers, Schaumann et al. showed that the time to the first ventilation was significantly shorter (mean difference, 28 seconds) with the wire-guided Seldinger cricothyroidotomy than with the surgical technique.² The study by Schaumann et al. also showed an increase in the risk of hemorrhage associated with the surgical method; this risk was linked to the length of the incision, which . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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