Primary study · included by 1 review

Complications of tracheostomy in major head and neck cancer surgery; a retrospective study of 60 consecutive cases

Castling 1994 · Castling B., Telfer M., Avery B.S. · British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery · 1994

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Non-Cochrane · prognostic · 2026 · cited as Castling 1994 · Table 1; Figures 2-5; Supplementary Figures S1-S5; reference list

Outcome this study informs	Pooled effect	Evidence	Certainty
Overall complication rate Tracheostomy	Pooled proportion (%) 16.3 [6.9, 28.5]	6 studies · 825 participants	GRADE not reported
Overall tracheostomy rate Tracheostomy	Pooled proportion (%) 54.6 [38.7, 70.0]	26 studies · 27029 participants	GRADE not reported

Also linked to PM41273066-P6-O8, PM41273066-P6-O9, which does not match a current question in this review.

1 including review in total.