Nasotracheal prolonged safe extubation in acute respiratory failure post-thyroidectomy: An efficacious technique to avoid tracheotomy? A retrospective analysis of a large case series

In our series, the prolonged safe extubation reduced the almost totality of expected tracheotomies in patients with acute respiratory failure following thyroid surgery (84.2%), demonstrating its feasibility and efficacy. It was a well tolerated and minimal invasive procedure that allowed a good respiratory ability and a fast clinical resolution of the laryngeal functional impairment.