Babies and toddlers who need a tracheostomy – a tube surgically inserted into their windpipe to help relieve breathing problems – are at a high risk of accumulating fluid behind their eardrum when on ...
Medtronic PLC is voluntarily recalling 70,000 tracheostomy tubes for children and babies following reports that some patients had difficulty breathing while using them. Hundreds of adverse events ...
Each year, approximately 4,000 children undergo a tracheostomy- the surgical placement of a breathing tube- due to respiratory or neuromuscular disorders or chronic disease progression. Bacterial ...
March 10, 2009 — A class 1 recall is being issued on selected lots of pediatric tracheostomy tubes (Shiley 3.0PED Cuffless Pediatric Tracheostomy Tubes, Covidien Inc) manufactured from July 7, 2008, ...
Los Angeles (August 30, 2021) Each year, approximately 4,000 children undergo a tracheostomy—the surgical placement of a breathing tube—due to respiratory or neuromuscular disorders or chronic disease ...
A tracheostomy tube helps you breathe after tracheotomy surgery, which creates a stoma (an opening) in your neck. A laryngectomy tube keeps a stoma open during healing. Tracheotomy and laryngectomy ...