A 28-year-old male patient with occipito-atlanto-axial instability underwent a cervical fusion with posterior technique. Post-operatively, the endotracheal tube (ETT) was removed, and the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit. After transfer, an upper airway obstruction developed and reintubations with a laryngoscope were attempted but failed. We inserted a #4 proseal laryngeal mas...

OBJECTIVES To describe a surgical and anesthetic technique for chondrolaryngoplasty ("tracheal shaving") involving external translaryngeal needle insertion under general anesthesia, using a flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope and laryngeal mask airway. DESIGN Retrospective review of 31 patients who underwent chondrolaryngoplasty performed by a single surgeon. SETTING Academic medical center. ...

The diagnosis of lung cancer was significantly enhanced by the development of the fiberoptic bronchoscope in 1965. Since then, advances in photosensitizers and light sources have brought photodynamic medicine into the light. This article offers an historic overview of the emergence of photodynamic medicine through the perspective of a pioneer with more than 30 years' experience. Along with a di...

Abstract Background Inhalation lung injury occurs in almost one-third of all serious burns and is responsible for a considerable proportion burn patient fatalities each year. History closed space fire or unconsciousness at the accident site, occurrence pharyngeal facial burns, hoarseness, wheezing, laboratory tests that include blood gas abnormalities Carboxyhemoglobin levels ˃ 10% are used to ...

A 14-year-old girl was admitted on June 17, 1976, with a history of having aspirated a pin seven days earlier, causing an immediate severe cough that had subsided three days prior to admission. On admission, the patient was asymptomatic. The results of laboratory tests were within normal limits. A chest x-ray ifim revealed the foreign body in the posterior basal segment of the right lower lobe,...