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case_images: The presence of a broken stem of the tracheostomy tube in the trachea
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: Bedside chest X-ray revealed the stem of the TT in the trachea (Figure 1).
case_images: A broken stem of the tracheostomy tube extracted from the patient's airway
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case_images: FIG2
case_images: Successful removal of the foreign body was performed via neck exploration (Figure 2), and the patient was tracheostomized with a new 4-mm cuffed TT.