EXCISION OF THE RETRO-PHARYNGEAL GLAND,

Retro-Pharyngeal Abscess in an Infant

This disease is one peculiarly liable to occur in the period of infancy and childhood, inasmuch as by far the larger proportion of recorded cases have been observed at an early period of life. Of a number of cases recorded by Dr Allin, fully one-half were under ten years.1 The symptoms and general course of the disease, as well as its etiology, have been fully described and are familiar to all ...

Excision of the Thyroid Gland

Transoral excision of the submandibular gland.

100% of patients avoided a neck scar, corresponding to zero conversions; length of operative procedures average 95minutes, ranging from 45-190 minutes;1 transient tongue paresthesias ( resolved in 3wks), 79% of patients had limitation in tongue movements (up to the 3rd postoperative day), 0 hypoglossal nerve dysfunction, 0 facial nerve dysfunction; hospital stay averaged 36 hours,2 patients sta...

Surgical complications of submandibular gland excision.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Submandibular gland excision is the treatment of choice in chronic pathology resistant to medical treatments or in oncological cases. The aim of this study was to analyse its current postoperative complications. MATERIAL & METHODS Retrospective study on submandibular gland excisions performed at our University Hospital between 2004 and 2010. RESULTS A total of 29...

Retro-pharyngeal obstruction in association with osteophytes of the cervical spine.

We describe five patients with cervical spondylosis and large anterior osteophytes causing pharyngeal compression. All had dysphagia, two had obstructive sleep apnoea and another two had dyspnoea and stridor on inspiration. One, with perforation of the pharynx, required emergency tracheostomy. Only three had pain in the neck or arm. Compression of the retroglottic space was confirmed in all pat...