The history of tracheotomy
Brusis, T.; Luckhaupt, H.
Laryngologie Rhinologie Otologie 67(5): 251-254
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0340-1588 PMID: 3043123 Document Number: 321419
Tracheotomy is one of the oldest operations in medicine. The development of tracheotomy from antiquity to our time is reported. After the beginnings of the operation in Greek and Roman medicine, the operation was called laryngotomy or bronchotomy. It was Heister who coined the name "tracheotomy". Tracheotomy is still an important operation even after more than 2000 years. In recent years there has been a change from simple tracheotomy to plastic tracheostomy.