Nocturnal enuresis in children can at times be alleviated or resolved completely with surgery on the upper airway. We present a report of a 7-year-old boy in whom nocturnal enuresis began immediately after reconstructive surgery of the pharynx that caused upper airway obstruction. Enuresis diminished immediately and stopped following an adenoidectomy but resumed secondary to adenoid regrowth af...

BACKGROUND We compared postoperative complications and oncologic results after laryngectomy of patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), with and without airway obstruction. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 544 patients with laryngeal SCC between 1990 and 2000. Of 175 advanced cases receiving total laryngectomy, 32 initially presented with upper airway o...

The pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea can be explained by collapse of upper airways secondary to the negative intra-pharyngeal pressure that develops during inspiration [4]. In addition, during sleep, muscles in the mouth relax and tongue and other structures tend to fall toward the back of the mouth causing crowding in the upper airway region with more potential for upper airway obstr...

The clinical and physiologic features of 28 infants with Pierre Robin syndrome and those of 20 infants with various types of nasal obstruction were reviewed to determine whether different causes of upper airway obstructure may lead to a common syndrome. The patients had no significant differences in distribution of main clinical manifestations. Their features included cyanosis with respiratory ...