OBJECTIVES Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) is important in the angiogenic response for wound healing. This study investigated whether VEGF-A may play a role in the pathogenesis of acquired airway stenosis. METHODS Eight lesions from 5 pediatric patients with subglottic stenosis after airway reconstruction (N = 4) or prolonged intubation (N = 1) and normal laryngeal tissue from 5...

OBJECTIVES To determine the results of posterior cricoidotomy lumen augmentation in the treatment of moderate and severe subglottic stenosis in children, and to assess the effect of this surgery on the growth of the larynx in young children. DESIGN A 17-year retrospective study. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirteen children with moderate and severe subglottic stenosis who underwent posterior crico...

Posterior glottic stenosis or interarytenoid fibrous adhesion is uncommon and has sometimes been misdiagnosed as cord paralysis. Laryngoscopy and laryngeal electromyography studies are the two main diagnostic aids. We present the case of a 63-year-old man under endotracheal intubation during 10 days after a cardiac procedure who was evaluated in our department for persistent dysphonia. The lary...

Since 1981, high frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) has been used in 300 patients undergoing surgery, most commonly during i.v. general anaesthesia for endoscopy and surgery of the airways: laryngoscopy, bronchoscopy, laryngeal microsurgery and laser surgery (more than 230 patients); repair of tracheal stenosis, tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy and tracheal sleeve lobectomy. HFJV was administered th...

Method Cardiovascular surgery council decided surgery for patient and patient was hospitalized. Coronary angiography and distal terminal aortography which were performed in the same session, revealed50% stenosis in left common iliac artery and total occlusion of bilateral superficial femoral arteries. Transthoracic echocardiography examination revealed interventricular septum as 17 mm and pulmo...

We report the first case of three delayed complications following irradiation for laryngeal carcinoma: bilateral vocal cord immobility, obstruction of esophagus and spontaneously ruptured pseudoaneurysm of common carotid artery. Medial fixation of bilateral vocal cords and stenosis of cervical esophagus were noted at 28 years after radiotherapy. Spontaneous rupture of a pseudoaneurysm bulging i...