February 10, 2012 (Houston, Texas) — Changing tracheostomy tubes early (before day 7) is associated with earlier ability to tolerate a speaking valve and allows patients to take nourishment by mouth ...

DMK president M. Karunanidhi on underwent a procedure at a private hospital here in which a tracheostomy tube was replaced with a new one. The 94-year-old Karunanidhi, who was admitted on July 18 ...

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 18 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president Kalaignar M Karunanidhi was on Wednesday admitted to Kauvery hospital in Chennai for change of tracheostomy tube.

A fenestrated tracheostomy tube contains openings that allow air to pass through the area of the throat that leads to the mouth and nose. In a tracheostomy, a surgeon creates an opening in the front ...

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 ...

YOU’VE probably heard about people who’ve had tracheostomies and wondered exactly how the procedure affects day-to-day life. Here’s what you need to know. A tracheostomy is the name given to a ...

WHEN patients have severe airway obstruction or swallowing difficulties, as may occur with bulbar poliomyelitis, the insertion of a tracheostomy tube may be required to ensure a clear airway, to ...

DMK president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was admitted to Kauvery Hospital in Chennai on Wednesday morning. A statement from the hospital says Mr. Karunanidhi has been admitted ...

M Karunanidhi has been admitted to Kauvery hospital. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president Kalaignar M Karunanidhi was on Wednesday admitted to Kauvery hospital in Chennai for change of tracheostomy ...