Primary study · included by 1 review

Tracheostomy and infection prolong length of stay in hospital after surgery for head and neck cancer: a population based study.

McDevitt 2016 · McDevitt Joseph, Cancela Marianna de Camargo, Kelly Maria, et al. · Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology · 2016

Included by

Tracheostomy in Flap-Based Head and Neck Cancer Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Indications and Adverse Outcomes.

Non-Cochrane · prognostic · 2026 · cited as McDevitt 2016 · Table 1; Figure 2; 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

1 including review in total.