tracheostomy
noun
tra·che·os·to·my
ˌtrā-kē-ˈä-stə-mē 
plural tracheostomies
: the surgical formation of an opening into the trachea through the neck especially to allow the passage of air
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Ella needs a tracheostomy and ventilator support to assist her with breathing and a gastrostomy tube for her feedings.
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
Alongside their custom car seats, our patients leave with tracheostomies, life-sustaining ventilators, oxygen tanks, suction machines, feeding tubes and pumps, and discharge instructions the size of a textbook — all necessary items to start their journey outside the hospital.
—Anjali Garg and Amanda Ruth, STAT, 7 Dec. 2023
His tracheostomy tube is supposed to be replaced weekly, but the Genung family has been unable to get new tracheostomy tubes since September.
—Kristen Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Nov. 2021
Further, children with TCS may need a hole cut into their windpipe with a breathing tube inserted (called a tracheostomy) and may need special hearing aids that transmit sound through bone tissue.
—Amanda MacMillan, Health, 9 Aug. 2023
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
Alongside their custom car seats, our patients leave with tracheostomies, life-sustaining ventilators, oxygen tanks, suction machines, feeding tubes and pumps, and discharge instructions the size of a textbook — all necessary items to start their journey outside the hospital.
—Anjali Garg and Amanda Ruth, STAT, 7 Dec. 2023
His tracheostomy tube is supposed to be replaced weekly, but the Genung family has been unable to get new tracheostomy tubes since September.
—Kristen Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Nov. 2021
Further, children with TCS may need a hole cut into their windpipe with a breathing tube inserted (called a tracheostomy) and may need special hearing aids that transmit sound through bone tissue.
—Amanda MacMillan, Health, 9 Aug. 2023
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tracheostomy
noun
tra·che·os·to·my
ˌtrā-kē-ˈäst-ə-mē
plural tracheostomies
: the surgical formation of an opening into the trachea through the neck especially to allow the passage of air
also
: the opening itself
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