Tracheotomy (/ˌtreɪkiˈɒtəmi/, UK also /ˌtræki-/), or tracheostomy, is a surgical airway management procedure which consists of making an incision (cut)...

cricothyrotomy (used almost exclusively in emergency circumstances) and the tracheotomy, used primarily in situations where a prolonged need for airway support...

of tracheal intubation are impossible or impractical. Compared with tracheotomy, cricothyrotomy is quicker and easier to perform, does not require manipulation...

placement of a flexible plastic catheter into the trachea. For millennia, tracheotomy was considered the most reliable (and most risky) method of tracheal...

measure airflow into and out of the nose and/or mouth. The removal of a tracheotomy tube is referred to as decannulation. A cannula is used in an emergency...

the tracheotomy procedure is similar to that used today. Julius Casserius published his own writings regarding technique and equipment for tracheotomy. Casserius...

transtracheal ventilation (PTV). A tracheotomy is a surgically created opening from the skin of the neck down to the trachea. A tracheotomy may be considered where...

a tracheotomy are difficulty speaking or swallowing due to nerve damage, prolonged bleeding at the incision site, and pneumothorax. A tracheotomy is...

entered his upper back and exited below his neck, albeit obscured by a tracheotomy. The other bullet struck Kennedy in the back of his head and exited the...

pints, but Washington's condition deteriorated further. Dick proposed a tracheotomy, but the other physicians were not familiar with that procedure and disapproved...