OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Improve the care of acute external laryngeal trauma by reviewing controversies and the evolution of treatment. DATA SOURCE Internet-based search engines, civilian and military databases, and manual search of references from these sources over the past 90 years. REVIEW METHODS Utilizing the above-mentioned sources, electronic and manual searches of primary topics such a...

BACKGROUND Vocal cord sequelae and postoperative hoarseness during general anesthesia are a significant source of morbidity for patients and a source of liability for anesthesiologists. Several risk factors leading to laryngeal injury have been identified in the past. However, whether the quality of tracheal intubation affects their incidence or severity is still unclear. METHODS Eighty patie...

In isolated outer hair cells (OHCs) electrically induced movements of high frequencies have been described. The experiments, however, gave no information whether fast OHC motility exists in situ. In the present report, we developed a technique to prepare viable half turn explants from the guinea-pig cochlea which could be kept as organ culture. Several video imaging methods and pixel-by-pixel, ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS A simple, safe and effective surgical alternative for treating adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD) would appeal to many patients. This study evaluates a new option, using radiofrequency-induced thermotherapy (RFITT) of the thyroarytenoid muscle (TA) via the minithyrotomy approach to reduce the force of adduction. METHODS Fifteen dogs were used. In part 1, the optimal RFI...

Introduction: The major presenting symptom of nasal polyps is nasal obstruction. The role of nasal obstruction in the genesis of laryngeal disorders is still unknown.   Materials and Methods: The aim of this study was to evaluate laryngeal videostroboscopic changes after functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) in patients with nasal polyposis. A longitudinal study was carried out from M...

Background: We conducted a review of the literature to investigate the clinical presentations and histopathologic findings of laryngeal vascular leiomyomas. Method: We retrospectively analyzed 24 cases of vascular leiomyomas of the larynx. Results: Vascular leiomyoma of the larynx is a very uncommon tumor with only 24 cases reported in the literature. Of the 24 cases, the male/female ratio was ...

AIM To describe one case of bilateral Tapia's syndrome in a liver transplanted patient and to review the literature. METHODS We report a case of bilateral Tapia's syndrome in a 50-year-old man with a history of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus child. A liver cirrhosis and a bi-nodular hepatocellular carcinoma, who underwent liver transplantation after general anesthesia unde...