Tracheotomy Definition

Tracheotomy Sentence Examples

• Unfortunately he was attacked by cancer in the throat; he spent the winter of 1887-1888 at San Remo; in January 1888 the operation of tracheotomy had to be performed.

• Patients with epiglottitis frequently require intubation (insertion of a breathing tube) or a tracheotomy to keep the airway open.

• The Pope had been hospitalized twice since 1 February due to breathing problems, and he was forced undergo a tracheotomy.

• Jean went into stress and was given a tracheotomy to help her to breathe.

• Throat cancer can leave a person with a permanent tracheotomy, a hole in the neck through which the person breathes.