Both tracheostomy and cricothyrotomy help people breathe when airways are blocked. Cricothyrotomy is an emergency procedure while tracheostomy is for people who need long-term assistance with ...

An infant tracheostomy is a medical procedure to create an opening in the neck to insert a tube into an infant’s windpipe, or trachea. Tracheostomies allow air to enter the lungs directly, bypassing ...

Sonia Sein's vocal cords were damaged after she was intubated six years ago. When Sonia Sein of New York City suffered damaged vocal cords and trachea due to intubation that left her windpipe scarred, ...

Tracheotomy refers to the opening or incision made during a medical procedure to aid breathing, called a tracheostomy. Many people use these terms interchangeably. When used as a synonym for ...

Bouraïma, F. , Ametonou, C. , Agbokponto, A. , Hounlelou, V. and Flatin, M. (2026) Tracheotomy in an African Hospital Setting ...

In a difficult and dramatic surgery, doctors at Children's Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City simultaneously treated a 5-year-old ...