Prosthetic plugs, therefore, were designed for 9 patients to permit withdrawal of tracheotomy tubes while the tracheal stoma was maintained for direct access to the tracheobronchial tree.

Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is an invasive procedure in which the placement of a tracheostomy tube is achieved after establishing a tracheal stoma through dilation, rather than ...

WHAT IS IT? - A tracheostomy is a permanent or temporary stoma formed by a surgical procedure (tracheotomy). In theatre a transverse incision is made below the cricoid cartilage between the 2nd, 3rd ...

PITTSBURGH, May 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a nurse and I thought there should be a way to combine a tracheal tie together with a tracheal sponge or bib," said an inventor, from Tuscaloosa, Ala ...