Translaryngeal Tracheostomy Needle Introducer: a simple device to improve safety and reduce complications during Fantoni’s translaryngeal tracheostomy procedure: trial on human cadavers

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 2 Comparison of translaryngeal Tracheostomy Needle Introducer versus standard needle puncture technique among all operators

Attempts by all operators (N = 58)	Average ± SD	Min	Max	Median	25th percentile	75th percentile	p value
Attempts with standard method (N)	1.91 ± 1.34	1	7	1	1	2	p < 0.001
Attempts with tTNI (N)	1.19 ± 0.5	1	3	1	1	1	p < 0.001
Time required for standard method (s)	36.8 ± 51.6	3	300	20	13	35.75	p < 0.001
Time required for tTNI (s)	13.14 ± 15.57	2	92	8	7	11	p < 0.001
Precision of first attempt* with standard method (°)	18.87 ± 25.38	0	120	15	0	30	p < 0.005
Precision of first attempt* with tTNI (°)	7.5 ± 12.95	0	60	0	0	15	p < 0.005

Data analysed using the Wilcoxon sign test
*Endoscopic reference: degrees from the anterior tracheal midline with the target ranging from − 30° to + 30°
tTNI translaryngeal Tracheostomy Needle Introducer