Cannula

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cannula

[′kan·yə·lə]
(medicine)
A small tube that can be inserted into a body cavity, duct, or vessel.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Cannula

a hollow tube with a blunt end designed for intro-ducing into the human (or animal) body drugs or X-ray contrastmedia, restoring the patency of the respiratory tract, or with-drawing fluids from the body cavities. It is also used for anatomi-cal, pathologicoanatomic, and laboratory studies. Cannulas aremade of metal, glass, or plastic.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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In the study done by Primuharsa Putra SH et al, (9) commonest complication in pediatric patients was accidental decanulation (33.3%).
Primuharsa Putra SH et al, (9) in his study found overall postoperative complications as 33.3% with accidental decanulation being commonest in it Wahid FI et al (8) observed early complications in 37.5% as compared to late complications (7.5%).
In our study, decanulation was done successfully in all temporary tracheostomies in both pediatric (75%) and adult patients (70.59%).

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