Tracheostomy button

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 the windpipe to keep it open.

See also

* 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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