Department of Otorhinolaryngology, NTEC, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
VJ Abdullah FRCS, FHKAM(Otol)
JSW Mok ( 莫兆偉 ) FRCS, FHKAM(Otol)
CA van Hasselt FRCS, FHKAM(Otol)
Department of Paediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, United Christian Hospital, 130 Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
HB Chan ( 陳衍標 ) FRCPCH, FHKCPaed
Department of Nursing, United Christian Hospital, 130 Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
KM Chan ( 陳錦明 ) MSN
Correspondence to: Prof CA van Hasselt
Received August 6, 2003
A practical approach to paediatric tracheostomy is presented in the light of current trends of management of chronic upper airway obstruction in the paediatric population. Our local experience is reviewed.