Tracheotomy is A Surgical Procedure that is Performed to Enable Unhindered Breathing

Tracheotomy is the name for a surgical procedure in which an opening is made in the trachea through an incision in the neck. Tracheotomy is used in conditions such as suffocation caused by airway obstruction, in medical conditions that require long-term ventilation of the patient, paralysis and other neurological diagnoses in which the act of swallowing is disturbed, and during major surgical procedures of the head or neck. Emergency tracheotomy is part of advanced resuscitation measures in situations where it is not possible to establish a patency of the airway. Percutaneous tracheotomy is most often used in intensive care units where critically endangered patients need longer-term mechanical ventilation.