Young girl with tracheostomy C003/8850

Young girl with tracheostomy

Código da imagem : C003/8850
Dimensões : 3.407 X 5.130 pixels
Orientação : horizontal

Data do upload no fornecedor : 07/12/2009
Tamanho máximo não comprimido : 50,0MB

Pauta:	Young girl with tracheostomy
Título:	Young girl with tracheostomy
Descrição:	Child with tracheostomy. Young girl aged 2 1/2 years with a permanent tracheostomy vent in her throat, photographed with her pet dog. This girl has a congenital subglottic stenosis (SGS) grade 3, a narrowing of the subglottic airway where it passes through the ring-shaped cricoid cartilage. Grade 3 indicates the blockage is between 50% and 99%. A tracheostomy tube has been inserted below the cricoid to allow normal breathing. However this is below the larynx so the child is unable to talk normally. Treatment of SGS is normally by surgery, either by splitting the cricoid and grafting inserts of cartilage or by resection of the trachea. Congenital SGS is realtively rare, but is the third most common congenital airway problem.
Coleção:	Science Photo Library
Crédito:	SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ Fotoarena
Disponibilidade:	imediata
Direito de uso:	Direito controlado
Autorização do(a) modelo:	sim
Autorização da propriedade:	não

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