cricothyroidotomy

As nouns the difference between cricothyroidotomy and tracheostomy

is that cricothyroidotomy is an emergency surgical procedure, a form of tracheotomy, in which a hole is cut through the patient's neck into the windpipe in order to allow air into the lungs while tracheostomy is a surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.

As nouns the difference between coniotomy and cricothyroidotomy

is that coniotomy is cricothyrotomy while cricothyroidotomy is (medicine) an emergency surgical procedure, a form of tracheotomy, in which a hole is cut through the patient's neck into the windpipe in order to allow air into the lungs.

As nouns the difference between cricothyroidotomy and cricothyrotomy

is that cricothyroidotomy is (medicine) an emergency surgical procedure, a form of tracheotomy, in which a hole is cut through the patient's neck into the windpipe in order to allow air into the lungs while cricothyrotomy is (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.