A Massachusetts company is recalling tracheostomy tubes used to help patients on ventilators breathe after receiving reports that three people died while using them. The company told the Food and Drug ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Medical, a leading global medical device manufacturer, announced today that its Portex Bivona FlexTend ™ TTS ™ tracheostomy tubes will now be included in the ...

THIS discussion is concerned with the uses of tracheostomy and mechanical respiratory devices in managing the problems encountered in a large hospital. The material presented here was obtained by a ...

Massachusetts-based Covidien has voluntarily recalled certain Shiley-branded tracheostomy tubes following 1,200 complaints that cuffs of the tubes were leaking air. The devices may be linked to three ...

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A tracheostomy is a procedure that allows a healthcare professional to insert a tube into a person’s trachea in order to assist their breathing. Sometimes, a person may require a surgical airway to ...

An obturator is a curved rod that fits inside the tracheal cannula, which is a tube inserted into the trachea during tracheostomy. Tracheostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an opening in the ...

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 ...

THE management of patients with decreased pulmonary efficiency and excessive bronchial secretions is often facilitated by the use of a tracheostomy. This is frequently done at the completion of a long ...