title: Silicone tracheal cannula. Update.
abstract: The Montgomery silicone tracheal cannula is a current alternative to the standard tracheotomy tube. This paper extends the 1986 report to include unusual indications for its use, complications and their management, and further recommendations on its use gathered from recent experience.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Lavelle
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*