- Tracheostomy button
A tracheostomy button is a 0.5-inch- to 1.5-inch-long plastic tube placed in a
surgically-created opening (tracheostomy ) in thewindpipe to keep it open.See also
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Tracheostomy tube External links
* [http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=46626 Tracheostomy button] entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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