How to Use tracheotomy in a Sentence

tracheotomy

noun

• In his first days after birth, Eli had a tracheotomy put in to help him breathe and eat.
  — Victoria Knight, CNN, 7 June 2017
• As a result, the actor underwent a tracheotomy that altered the sound of his voice.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2020
• Doctors are preparing to remove his tracheotomy, and Sloan is now able to move all of his body parts.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 31 Mar. 2022
• Someone had already performed a tracheotomy -- an incision in the neck to open an airway -- and a tube was in his neck.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 20 June 2019
• Lotief, who has a tracheotomy, told reporters as many of his players sat behind him in support.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2017
• That something was a tracheotomy tube inserted to allow air to move to his lungs while his airway was blocked.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2019
• Mine is a tracheotomy scar on my throat from the tube for the mechanical ventilator that saved my life.
  — Aaron Olver, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2020
• There was one otherwise healthy woman in her 60s or 70s who needed a tracheotomy, a hole in her neck where a breathing tube can go.
  — Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 3 Dec. 2020
• In 1985, a tracheotomy landed him in a round-the-clock nursing care facility.
  — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2018
• Later that night, a fissure created by his tracheotomy caused an artery to burst.
  — Tyler Hicks, Chron, 16 Mar. 2021
• After removing the breathing tube placed in his first tracheotomy, a team of doctors gave Kearl, 59, two choices.
  — Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2021
• Claire performs an emergency tracheotomy on Roger that saves his life.
  — Sharareh Drury, Variety, 1 Mar. 2022
• His mother remained in the hospital with a tracheotomy and on a ventilator for four months.
  — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2020
• He was paralyzed and sedated for the next five days, and on day three, doctors performed a tracheotomy and hooked him up to a ventilator.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2022
• The actor, 60, appears in Paydirt, his first film since recovering from throat cancer that led to a tracheotomy.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 3 Aug. 2020
• As a result, the Hollywood star underwent a tracheotomy that severely altered the sound of his voice.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 19 Aug. 2021
• Harden has had a tracheotomy performed and has a ventilator to help his breathing.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2021
• David eventually had a tracheotomy to help with his breathing.
  — Sarah Sell, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2017
• Exceptions could be made for individuals with autism or a tracheotomy, the judge said.
  — Rebekah Riess and Dave Alsup, CNN, 25 Sep. 2021
• She was put back on the ventilator and later underwent surgery to receive a tracheotomy.
  — Julianne Pepitone, NBC News, 8 May 2021
• Gough tried to flee, and Rayam fired one shot that went into his neck and through his mouth, blowing out his teeth, damaging his voice box, shattering his jaw and requiring a tracheotomy.
  — Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2020
• Current students at the Red Balloon include one with severe autism and another with a tracheotomy.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2023
• Doctors had to perform a tracheotomy to help the man breathe - a procedure that involves them making an incision into his windpipe to allow air to pass through.
  — Andrea Downey, Fox News, 25 June 2018
• One of them had Hurler Syndrome, which required the use of a tracheotomy tube, while the other two had cerebral palsy and conditions that affected their breathing, the magistrate wrote.
  — Jim Saunders, miamiherald, 12 June 2017
• Many of the children had pre-existing illnesses that already required feeding tubes or tracheotomies.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 11 May 2020
• Her 5-year-old had a medical condition that required a tracheotomy.
  — Alexis Stevens, ajc, 21 Feb. 2023
• Pooser's breathing was 87 percent obstructed, so the doctors have her a prosthetic tracheotomy to try to help her breathing.
  — Rachel Berry, Cincinnati.com, 31 July 2019
• Eli was born without a nasal passage or sinus cavities and received a tracheotomy at just 5 days old, AL.com reported.
  — Fox News, 5 June 2017
• While their mother isn't yet able to speak with them while her throat heals from a tracheotomy, Moore has been communicating through electronic or written messages.
  — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 21 May 2020
• In more severe cases, an emergency tracheotomy—in which a doctor makes a small cut in a patients neck to insert a tube into their windpipe that way—may be necessary.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 2 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 8 Aug 2024