I hear all this stuff about tracheal cannulas. Why do I need a cannula in the first place?
A. If you go too long without a cannula in the hole in your neck, the hole will eventually shrink and possibly even close up! This is much more of a threat with new tracts (tracheostomy pathways that are less than three weeks old). I had a problem where my original Montgomery cannula was shot out, and the hole nearly closed up in only six hours! However, this was only five days after the surgery.
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