How To Use Tracheostomy In A Sentence
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It is incredibly daunting - he is attached to a ventilator, through a tracheostomy tube, as his lungs are so damaged.
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He's deaf and has had a tracheostomy, relying heavily on a ventilator and suction machine to help him breathe.
The Sun
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It was not uncommon for patients to present with more than one indication for tracheostomy.
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One may speculate that the differences in rates of bleeding and infection can be explained by differences in the tracheostomy stoma following these two techniques.
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He had his tracheostomy tube removed this week, able to breathe on his own.
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However, even the surgical approach can be challenging, and may require tracheostomy with cervical lipectomy to overcome the technical barriers.
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Tracheostomy is one of the most frequent surgical procedures carried out in critically ill patients.
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Over time, the tracheotomy has gone by several different names, among them pharyngotomy, laryngotomy, bronchotomy, tracheostomy, and tracheotomy.
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The first iterations came after an emergency tracheostomy in 1985 meant that his already declining natural speech stopped entirely.
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And she had been unable to speak after surgeons carried out a tracheostomy when she was six months old.
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She eventually needed a tracheostomy tube to breath, but it is now removed.
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She also has a hole in her windpipe from a tracheostomy to allow her to receive artificial ventilation.
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By far, the two basic indications for tracheostomy are airway obstruction and ventilatory support.
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In some cases, such as when the swollen epiglottis blocks the windpipe, a tracheostomy may be performed.
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Interestingly, in one of these reports all stenoses were at the level of the tracheostomy, and the authors suggested that tracheal damage from the inward force of the graded dilators might be the cause.
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The types of skin incisions made for tracheostomy may or may not have a direct relationship to the likely development of stomal stenosis after intubation.
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But the only sound she could muster was a frothing in her tracheostomy tube.
Times, Sunday Times
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In some cases, such as when the swollen epiglottis blocks the windpipe, a tracheostomy may be performed.
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Seventeen of the patients had a tracheostomy for airway obstruction.
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It was almost certain, however, that the stenosis extended beyond the level of the cricothyroid membrane and probably below the level of a surgical tracheostomy.
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A cervical vagotomy was performed through a midline neck incision and a tracheostomy tube was inserted at the same time.
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She had undergone 200 operations, including a tracheostomy, after being born prematurely.
The Sun
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He also had a tracheostomy - a tube put in a hole in his throat - to aid breathing.
The Sun
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Currently percutaneous tracheostomy is accepted as a safe and reliable bedside procedure; however, the potential for intraoperative complications such as tracheal damage still exists.
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In some cases, such as when the swollen epiglottis blocks the windpipe, a tracheostomy may be performed.
