An American text-book of the diseases of childrenIncluding special chapters on essential surgical subjects; orthopaedics, diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat; diseases of the skin; and on the diet, hygiene, and general management of children . Obturator for Tracheotomy Wound. Obturator for TracheotomyWound. an instrument shown in Fig. 7, to keep the wound from healing until it is cer-tain that there will be no necessity for the reintroduction of the tracheotomy-tube. The intubation-tube may be worn for some days or weeks, and then re-moved, and if the breathing is satisfactorily carried
An American text-book of the diseases of childrenIncluding special chapters on essential surgical subjects; orthopaedics, diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat; diseases of the skin; and on the diet, hygiene, and general management of children . Obturator for Tracheotomy Wound. Obturator for TracheotomyWound. an instrument shown in Fig. 7, to keep the wound from healing until it is cer-tain that there will be no necessity for the reintroduction of the tracheotomy-tube. The intubation-tube may be worn for some days or weeks, and then re-moved, and if the breathing is satisfactorily carried on with the wound in theneck plugged, as above described, the shield with the nipple may be removed,and the wound be allowed to heal. By this method of treatment I havebeen able to finally remove tracheotomy-tubes which had been worn for a longtime. I have had recently under my care a child of eighteen months of agein whom I was only able to remove the tracheotomy-tube permanently aftersixty days by the use of an intubation-tube and obturator; and another casewhere a patient was finally able to dispense with a tube after having wornit for four years. In young children I have seen difiiculty in the permanentremoval of the tube from the fact t
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