A common claim by evolutionists is that the mammalian left recurrent laryngeal nerve was poorly designed because it travels downward past the larynx, then around the aorta and, last, back up to the larynx. They reason that a much shorter route directly to the larynx would be far more effective. This analysis concludes that the reasons for the longer route include both developmental and design c...

Surgical emphysema of the larynx is rare in the absence of trauma and there are a paucity of case reports that describe such conditions. We present what we believe to be an unusual, atraumatic mechanism for mucosal breech of the larynx with subsequent surgical emphysema. Nasendoscopy revealed oedema of the arytenoid cartilage and computed tomography revealed moderate subcutaneous emphysema of t...

The phonatory function of the larynx and its disturbance were discussed on the basis of the author's data of 1) electromyographical observation of the human larynx, 2) radiographical study of the larynx, 3) measurement of the mean subglottal air pressure as well as the vibratory subglottal pressure variation during phonation, and 4) analysis of vocal cord movements during phonation with high sp...

Undifferentiated carcinoma of nasopharyngeal type arising in the larynx is unusual. This type of carcinoma-which occurs almost exclusively in nasopharynx-is very infrequent in the larynx (0.2%). Till date only 17 cases are reported in the medical literature. We present the clinical and histopathological findings along with the management of one additional case of undifferentiated carcinoma of n...

Giacomo Puccini is one of the most renowned opera composers in world. He continued work Giuseppe Verdi. Italian composer was born Lucca, Grand Duchy Tuscany on December 22, 1858. In 1880, he entered Milan Conservatory, where studied with famous Ponchielli (1834–1886). began writing his last Turandot poor health. The pains throat were very painful and prolonged. showed symptoms cancer larynx and...

For a long time standard treatment approach for resectable squamous cell carcinoma of larynx was surgery with or without subsequent radiotherapy. Surgery, particulary total laryngectomy, has been associated with serious impairment of quallity of life. Between nonsurgical approaches, concurrent cisplatin based chemoradiotherapy has become a very promising treatment modality for larynx preservati...

Background Till not many years ago, the recommended treatment for advanced laryngeal cancer was a total laryngectomy followed by adjuvant radiation therapy. Studies conducted from 1980’s have broadened the therapeutic options, in the attempt to cure the cancer while sparing laryngeal functions. Functional surgery and a combination of chemotherapy (CT) and radiotherapy (RT) appears to be able to...

Pointreau et al. (1) clearly showed that docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil (TPF) is better than PF for larynx preservation in their important phase III study. Unfortunately, we are only given results for larynx preservation as an indicator of a successful laryngeal outcome. It is important to address the issue of laryngectomy-free survival, too, because that endpoint has broader implicat...

The superior laryngeal artery is the primary vessel providing blood supply to larynx. Commonly, it derived from thyroid artery. Different variations in origin have been described current literature; knowledge of such crucial for various surgical interventions larynx and procedures lateral region neck regarding carotid triangle. It should be noted that radiological studies, as selective angiogra...

The larynx is the major organ of vocalization. The intrinsic laryngeal muscles modify the internal shape of the larynx while the extrinsic laryngeal muscles move the entire larynx vertically in the airway. Previous neuroimaging research has established the somatotopic location of the intrinsic musculature of the larynx in the human motor cortex and showed it to be in an evolutionarily novel loc...