Trends of 'sprain'. Translations for 'sprain'. A sprain is the injury caused by spraining a joint.He suffered a right ankle sprain. If you sprain your ankle or wrist, you accidentally damage it by twisting it, for example, when you fall.He fell and sprained his ankle.
The obturator is used to insert a tracheostomy tube. It fits inside the tube to provide a smooth surface that guides the tracheostomy tube when it is being inserted. There are different types of tracheostomy tubes available and the patient should be given the tube that best suits his/her needs.
One of 2 types of tracheal entry is usually used for ST. These are: complete removal of the anterior part of one of the tracheal rings to create the stoma, and creation of a flap with the severed part of the ring. In the ring-removal ap-proach, the ring is lifted with a tracheal hook and 2 cir-cumferential sutures are placed around the ring laterally.