Keywords:
Tracheotomy, trachea, stay suture, decannulation
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Key Clinical Summary: We review the literature and present a
patient case wherein the tracheostomy stay suture migrated to the
airway. Although no significant complications arose, airway foreign
bodies present great risk for airway compromise, infection, or
laryngospasm.