Lateral Laryngotomy

Cases of Laryngotomy and Tracheotomy

the night previous to the attack, and that two of his co-villagers have died of the same disease within a month. At 9-3 A. M. laryngotomy was at once performed by Dr. Roy under chloroform, and the tube inserted. A gush of air and frothy mucus, surcharged with blood, came out with the first and subsequent efforts of expiration through the tube. The patient felt immediate relief after operation, ...

Transventricular chondroplastic laryngotomy--a new surgical technique for the endolarynx.

Current surgical techniques for laryngeal exposure pose distinct limitations. To address these issues, this article describes a novel surgical technique. Our technique, termed Transventricular Chondroplastic Laryngotomy, allows for extensive and direct external access to the endolarynx. This procedure is described in both a cadaver and animal models. Three pigs were submitted to thyroid cartila...

Ulceration of the Larynx in a Case of Leprosy; Œdema Glottidis; Laryngotomy

into the jail hospital, suffering from difficulty of breathing. This had come on rather suddenly during the preceding night; for a week or more previously there had been one of those breaks in the rains, when the atmosphere becomes sultry. During the night of the 15th, a heavy fall of rain had occurred, which had suddenly reduced the temperature, while at the same time the air was laden with mo...

Lateral thyroid ectopia

We report here a rare case of lateral ectopia of thyroid without orthotopic thyroid tissue in an Indian teenager, who was referred to our department for a thyroid scintigraphy. Technetium Pertechnetate (99mTcO4- ) scan showed uptake in laterally placed soft tissue structure along with functioning thyroid tissue in high anterior midline neck region in line with thyroglossal...

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