Complication rate

(No. of patients = 254)

Early cases

(138 cases) No. (%)

Delayed cases (116 cases)

No. (%)

Cardiac Arrest

a) Reversible

b) Irreversible

7 (2.8%)

5 (2%)

2 (0.8%)

3 (1.2%)

3 (1.2%)

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Laryngeal edema

24 (9.5%)

4 (1.6%)

Airway trauma

1 (0.4%)

3 (1.2%)

Bronchotomy

6 (2.4%)

2 (0.8%)