cricothyrotomy

English

Noun

cricothyrotomy (plural cricothyrotomies)

1. (surgery) An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma.

Synonyms

• coniotomy
• cricothyroidotomy
• crike (informal)
• intercricothyrotomy
• thyrocricotomy

Translations

incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane

• Czech: koniotomie f
• Dutch: cricothyreotomie f, coniotomie f
• Finnish: krikotyreotomia
• French: cricothyroïdotomie (fr) f, coniotomie (fr) f
• German: Krikothyreotomie f, Koniotomie f
• Italian: cricotiroidotomia f, coniotomia f
• Polish: krikotyreotomia f, konikotomia f
• Portuguese: cricotireoidotomia f
• Spanish: cricotirotomía f, coniotomía f
• Swedish: koniotomi c
• Ukrainian: конікотомія f (konikotomija)

Anagrams

• thyrocricotomy