Surgical Risk, Operative Time, and Anesthesia Time Associated With Combining Tracheostomy and Gastrostomy Tube Placement Under a Single Anesthetic

Pediatric patients may need both tracheostomy and gastrostomy tube (G-tube) placement to satisfy both oxygen and nutritional requirements for sustaining life. It is unclear if combining both procedures under one anesthetic is associated with reductions in total operative time or surgical risk, compared to performing the two procedures separately.