Sklar Jackson Original Laryngectomy Tube, Stainless Steel
A stainless steel laryngectomy tube available in sizes 5 through 9, used to keep a laryngectomy stoma open and support breathing after laryngectomy.
The Sklar Jackson Original Laryngectomy Tube is a stainless steel airway device made to the original Jackson pattern, sized to fit into the stoma created during a total laryngectomy. This listing covers sizes 5 through 9, letting clinicians select the tube that matches an individual patient's stoma as it heals and settles into its longer term shape.
Its purpose is to hold the surgically created opening patent, supporting normal breathing through the stoma and helping prevent the tract from narrowing over time, which is a standard part of laryngectomy aftercare. ENT surgeons, speech and swallowing specialists, and nursing staff managing laryngectomy patients use tubes of this type in both the immediate postoperative period and during long term follow up as the patient's needs change.
As a reusable stainless steel device, it must be cleaned and sterilized between uses according to standard reprocessing protocols, and periodic resizing may be needed as the stoma matures, since the size that fits soon after surgery is often not the size needed later.
