title: Custom-made tracheostomy tube to relieve lower tracheal obstruction in infants and young children.
abstract: Two case histories are presented in which special difficulties were encountered in the management of lower tracheal obstruction in children. These problems were successfully overcome by the use of a tracheostomy tube which was custom-made from a standard thin wall polyvinyl chloride endotracheal tube sufficiently long to relieve this obstruction.
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride