Tracheostomy (Tray-kee-AH-stuh-mee) is a surgical opening in the trachea (windpipe) that forms a temporary or permanent opening to make breathing easier. The terms "tracheotomy" and "tracheostomy" are ...

The tube, called a "trach" (trayk) for short, has three parts. The "Obturator" that is used to pass the trach into the windpipe. An "Outer cannula" (tube). This Outer cannula has a plastic "trach ...

Tracheostomy within the first 4 days after hospital admission has become common for critically ill patients who have trouble breathing. Clinicians often perceive potential benefits with early ...

"We've tried this before and some obstacles have come our way, but so far, so good today," Nick Cordero's wife, Amanda Kloots, said Tim McGovern is the Executive Editor of PEOPLE's App. He left PEOPLE ...

HOUSTON – With a trach, it's just about impossible to start eating and start school, and it increases the risk of infection. That's why one Texas Children's Hospital doctor says it's important to get ...

The global tracheostomy tray market has observed a robust growth, due to the increasing demand for tracheostomy trays in performing tracheostomy procedures in various conditions. Although, in case of ...

"I think the more days he has of this might help his brain to wake up," his wife Amanda Kloots said Nick Cordero's wife says they've been seeing some "really great" signs following his tracheostomy ...

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Nick Cordero will undergo a procedure on Friday that will see a tracheostomy tube, otherwise known as a trach tube, placed into an opening in his throat at the windpipe called a stoma. The trach tube ...