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We hypothesized that increasing BMI would be associated with longer duration from tracheostomy placement to decannulation in surgical patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Adult participants undergoing tracheostomy creation by the general surgery services at a single academic center from April 2018 through December 2022 were retrospectively evaluated. Outcomes were analyzed by obesity status (BMI &gt; 30\u00a0kg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ) and BMI classification, with associations assessed by Wilcoxon rank-sum analysis, Spearman rank correlation, and Kaplan\u2013Meier analysis.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 385 participants were included for analysis. Obesity was associated with a longer duration of endotracheal intubation (10.4 \u00b1 6.5 vs 12.1 \u00b1 6.4 days,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.002) prior to tracheostomy creation. Among the 275 participants who achieved decannulation, there was no significant difference in time to decannulation between obese (BMI \u2265 30) and non-obese (BMI &lt; 30) (\u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      = 1.74, df = 1,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.19) or when stratified by BMI category (\u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      = 4.30, df = 5,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.51).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Although BMI was associated with delayed tracheostomy creation, BMI was not associated with prolonged tracheostomy dependence. Within contemporary decannulation practice, successful tracheostomy liberation appears to be driven by broader factors including disease severity, neurologic recovery, respiratory physiology, and multidisciplinary assessment of decannulation readiness.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/00031348261491298","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,19]],"date-time":"2026-09-19T00:27:56Z","timestamp":1789777676000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Successful Tracheostomy Decannulation: Why Body Mass Index Alone Is Not Enough"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-9559-5883","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gregory C.","family":"Wetmore","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Cincinnati"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ellen R.","family":"Becker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Cincinnati"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Taylor E.","family":"Wallen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Cincinnati"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maia P.","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Cincinnati"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Timothy A.","family":"Pritts","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Cincinnati"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael D.","family":"Goodman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Cincinnati"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_4_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/TA.0000000000003673"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0194599814561606"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S2213-2600(15)00007-7"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2013.5154"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/CCM.0b013e31825bc948"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/lary.22364"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ohn.843"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_9_2","volume-title":"National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017\u2013March 2020 Prepandemic Data Files Development of Files and Prevalence Estimates for Selected Health Outcomes","author":"Stierman B","year":"2021","unstructured":"Stierman B, Afful J, Carroll MD, et al. 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