 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | The 2001 valve I have is just a friction fit on the 15mm end of my trach; some of the other valves are made to go inside the various kinds of tubing and hardware that exists. I figured that if you are covering the trach as I was doing, you can just slip the valve on there. It has a place to attach a cord so you don't lose it if you cough or blow too hard!
If you download the Patient Handbook from the link I posted, it contains a number of examples of applications of the different valves.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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