A WORD ON TRACHEOTOMY.

The tracheotomy punch for urgent tracheotomy.

Tracheotomy is a commonly performed surgical technique used for long-term mechanical ventilation, upper airway obstruction, need for pulmonary toilet, and as an adjunct to surgery where ventilation is anticipated. Urgent tracheotomy may be performed when difficulty is encountered during an elective tracheotomy, or when cricothyroidotomy is impossible or contraindicated due to distorted anatomy ...

Pediatric tracheotomy.

The procedure of tracheotomy dates back to ancient times. Its use has been adapted in the neonatal and pediatric population over the past half-century. Despite being a life-saving measure, tracheotomy-related mortality rates range from 0.5 to 3.6%, and this procedure is not without significant and sometimes frequent complications. Techniques regarding pediatric tracheotomy vary from surgeon to ...

Tracheotomy in leprosy.

Tracheotomy in pediatric patients: a national perspective.

BACKGROUND During the past 50 years, changes in the epidemiology of infectious diseases and the capabilities of medical technology have altered the indications for, and implications of, tracheotomy in children. Given the complexity of health care that these patients subsequently require, monitoring the performance of this procedure and patient outcomes across the diverse US health care system i...

A Case of Asphyxia Followed by Tracheotomy

A sepoy, 2nd Regiment M. N. I., aged 42, service 21 years, had been lately under treatment for fever of a continued type with himbrici, and after being discharged from Hospital 20 days was suddenly attacked, after his evening meal, with such dyspnoea and violent coughing that lie was obliged to go to the Kegimental Hospital, whero he was admitted under the head of bronchitis, and after 6 days w...