New Laryngotomy and Tracheotomy Tube

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, ...

Tracheomegaly Secondary to Tracheotomy Tube Cuff in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Tracheomegaly has not been reported in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Herein, the authors report a case of tracheomegaly secondary to tracheotomy tube cuff in a patient with ALS. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an ALS patient with tracheomegaly and of tracheomegaly being associated with tracheotomy tube cuff and home tracheotomy mechanical ventilator.The clinician should con...

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...

Verbal communication for the ventilator-dependent patient requiring an inflated tracheotomy tube cuff: A prospective, multicenter study on the Blom tracheotomy tube with speech inner cannula.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to present our findings on the impact of the Blom tracheotomy tube with speech inner cannula on voice production abilities and speech intelligibility scores of ventilator-dependent patients requiring a fully inflated tracheotomy tube cuff. METHODS Prospective single group case-series design permitted consecutive accrual of 23 adult inpatients from acut...

Using Pericardium Allograft in Closing Tracheal Fistula after Removing Tracheotomy Tube