title: Fracture of a synthetic fenestrated tracheostomy tube: case report and review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Disorders, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11042.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alvi
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Zahtz
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006097:Granulation Tissue; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*