0 a medical operation in which an opening is made in a person's neck and trachea, usually in order to help them to breathe
A tracheotomy was per formed to allow for ar tificial respiration upon induction of paralysis.
A tracheotomy was per formed and the animal placed in a stereotaxic frame.
Following tracheotomy and stereotaxic placement, animals were ventilated artificially and anesthesia maintained with isoflurane (1 - 1.5%) in oxygen and nitrous oxide (2:1).
All subsequent surgical procedures including a tracheotomy and a small craniotomy and durotomy were carried out under sodium thiopental (2.5% solution) anesthesia.
Only tracheotomies and decannulations were elective procedures (24%), while repositioning ofcannulas was regarded as semi-elective (4%).
A tracheotomy was also performed.
It had by then been decided to perform a tracheotomy on the patient.
His breathing is entirely dependent on an electric pump connected to a permanent tracheotomy tube.
