INTRODUCTION Vocal fold injection medialization is a safe and effective method to treat glottic insufficiency. Two methods of injection are most widely used: transorally via suspension laryngoscopy under general anesthesia, and percutaneously or transorally via flexible laryngoscopy in the office under local anesthesia. Although an office procedure can be advantageous due to procedure cost, the...

INTRODUCTION The endoscopy is nowadays the basic diagnostic method in otolaryngology. However, the size and distance of the video display and the location of the monitor continue to be impediments to endoscopy due to the inadequate alignment of the optical axis. AIM In this study, I evaluate the practical usefulness of video glasses in endoscopy. METHODS The video glasses, weighing 115 g, w...

CONTEXT Management of the airway of a trauma victim is considered challenging. Various approaches have been described to achieve airway control in this setup; many of them include video-assited viewing of the larynx during intubation. ETView Single Lumen (SL) is a novice single-use endotracheal tube equiped with a video camera and a light source at its distal tip. Its use was previously describ...

The current gold-standard method for diagnosing exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) is continuous laryngoscopy during exercise (CLE), with severity classified by a visual grade scoring system. We evaluated the precision of this approach, by evaluating test-retest reliability of CLE and both inter- and intra-rater variability. In this prospective case-control study, subjects completed ...

OBJECTIVE To study the feasibility of using laryngeal mask anesthesia (LMA) with bronchoscopic evaluation of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) integrity when stimulated. DESIGN Single-institution prospective case series. SETTING A single, mid-Atlantic region academic medical center. PATIENTS Twenty-seven adult volunteers. INTERVENTIONS Laryngeal mask anesthesia for thyroid surgery, monito...

background: video-based instruction has been stated as an effective method of teaching and its potentials have encouraged instructors learners to opt this method purpose: the current study has compared the students' cognitive learning in the two approaches of lecture- based and video-based teaching. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted on 88 senior nursing students who were rand...

INTRODUCTION 4K video is a new format. At 3840 × 2160 resolution, it has 4 times the resolution of standard 1080 high definition (HD) video. Magnification can be done without loss of resolution. This study uses 4K video for video-stroboscopy. MATERIAL AND METHOD Forty-six patients were examined by conventional video-stroboscopy (digital 3 chip CCD) and compared with 4K video-stroboscopy. The ...

Vallecular cysts are mucus retention cyst of salivary gland and might be a cause ofobstructing the laryngeal inlet posing threat to anaesthetist for airway management(1).We present management an adult patient with difficult large vallecular cyst. A16 year old female posted robotic assisted excision under general anaesthesia. After induction anaesthesia, laryngoscopy was attempted C-mac blade si...

Substernal goiter is an enlarged thyroid gland, harboring a component extending into the mediastinum. Surgical management requires genuine and rigorous preoperative planning as physicians could encounter prospect of gland coming close quarters with vital intrathoracic structures. The neck chest multiplanar cross-sectional imaging provide essentialness extracervical approach for procedure. In pr...