The aim of this study was to validate the feasibility of modified frontolateral partial laryngectomy without tracheotomy using animal experiments. The glottic area before and after surgery of 6 excised canine larynges and 10 canine larynges in vivo were compared to observe whether the glottic area following modified frontolateral partial laryngectomy without tracheotomy is adequate for breathin...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists difficult airway algorithm identifies two acceptable emergency surgical airways in the 'cannot intubate, cannot ventilate' scenario: cricothyrotomy and tracheotomy. Little has been published regarding the emergency surgical airway practices at different institutions. The authors investigated whether the primary choice of emergency surgical airway at a m...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of distraction osteogenesis of the mandible for relief of airway obstruction in neurologically impaired children. DESIGN Prospective pilot study. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS Five children with upper airway obstruction secondary to hypotonia were identified by airway endoscopy, pulse oximetry, and polysomnography. Four childr...

OBJECTIVE To compare the success rates of laryngotracheoplasty (LTP) with those of anterior cricoid split (ACS) performed over the same period in infants younger than 6 months. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Tertiary children's hospital. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-two infants younger than 6 months. INTERVENTIONS Twenty-one infants younger than 6 months underwent single-stage LTP as an alte...

Objective: To treat the severe craniocerebral trauma patients by using early tracheotomy and explore the influences on clinical effects and relevant indexes. Methods: 76 severe craniocerebral trauma patients in our hospital were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group, each 38 cases. The control group was given tracheotomy after 24 h, the observation group was given tr...

QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY The aim of this study was to evaluate two practices of airway management in patients undergoing head and neck cancer (HNC) resection and microvascular free tissue transfer (MFTT), and to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the two approaches. METHODS Patients undergoing a delayed extubation approach (NO-TRACH group) and patients undergoing primary tracheotomy (PRI...

Purpose: Utilization of fiber optic video bronchoscope (F) alone vs. in combination with ultrasound (U + F) during tracheotomy procedures for patients with remarkable short necks. Materials and methods: Nineteen patients with short neck who required tracheotomy were enrolled to study. Tracheotomies were performed with Grigg’s technique. There was 9 patient in U + F group and 10 in F group. We g...

not having any emetic medicines, he tried to induce vomiting by means of his finger introduced into mouth, as a consequence he had a good deal of retching, but no vomiting ; after this he suffered from intense dyspnoea, and came at once to hospital for medical aid. Condition on admission.?On admission " Hoarseness of voice, dysphagia, great dyspnoea, pulse 72, resp. 22, temperature 98'6?, there...