Tracheotomy and tracheostomy are terms that are used interchangeably, but a surgical airway is made during a tracheotomy with an incision, and a tracheostomy is the opening that is being made with said incision.
A tracheostomy is done for several reasons. The patient could have something lodged in their throat . . .
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