A medical device alert has been issued for a tracheostomy dressing, as fibres could come away from the dressing and enter the tracheal stoma. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical ...

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 ...

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