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UK
/tɹɐkɪˈɒtəmi/
]
NOUN
- a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes
How To Use tracheotomy In A Sentence
- In severe problem patients a tracheotomy or surgical opening (temporary or permanent) above the Adams apple is needed.
- Extreme throat swelling may occur which may require a tracheotomy.
- Objective To discuss the apparatus of inspired oxygen in hyperbaric oxygen ( HBO ) chamber for patients after tracheotomy.
- It was also feared an emergency tracheotomy could have ruined his distinctive voice for good.
- Numerous medical studies only mention tracheotomy -- in which surgeons cut a hole into a patient's windpipe to aid breathing -- as a treatment for a rare form of thyroid cancer called anaplastic carcinoma. Archive 2004-10-01
- To instill acid or saline in the lung, we introduced a cannula via a tracheotomy.
- But a tracheotomy throat operation which helped to save his life may have changed his distinctive voice for ever.
- A single lesion involving a tracheotomy stoma was treated with the direct application of the probe without using the bronchoscope.
- Purpose: The opportunity and indication of tracheotomy in inhalation injury were discussed.
- He's still recuperating from his tracheotomy and his flu.
