tracheotomy

Definitions

Examples

• By the time she was 2, Jasmine had a permanent feeding tube and a tracheotomy to help her breathe.

• He was going to start a tracheotomy, which is opening the throat and inserting a tube into the windpipe.

• Medics carried him into Fallujah Surgical for an immediate tracheotomy.

• Seizure disorder, severe developmental delays and neurological impairment, feeding tube and tracheotomy.

• He barely survived, losing a chunk of his shoulder, saved only by an immediate tracheotomy.

• Hospitalized in Britain, with a tracheotomy tube down her throat, she was in no position to protest.

• The air passages may also become affected, and in one case tracheotomy was performed for the relief of the breathing.

• The preparation of the skin and the position of the body are the same as for tracheotomy.

• It is hoped by early injection to avoid the necessity for tracheotomy.

• The sooner the serum is injected the better the prognosis with tracheotomy.

• Complications are less common than with tracheotomy for diphtheria.