Replacing tracheostomy tube. Hospital nurse removing the internal part of a patient's tracheostomy tube to replace it. The tracheostomy tube was inser

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Replacing tracheostomy tube. Hospital nurse removing the internal part of a patient's tracheostomy tube to replace it. The tracheostomy tube was inserted following throat surgery, and allows the patient to breathe while the throat recovers from the surgery. Photographed in the ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) department at the Fondation Rothschild, Paris, France.

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