OBJECTIVE Topical application of mitomycin C appears to be a useful adjunct in reducing cicatricial scarring of the airways. Human and animal studies have demonstrated the efficacy and safety of mitomycin C topically in the treatment of airway stenosis at concentrations ranging from 0.4 mg/mL to 10 mg/mL. Although no reports of mitomycin C toxicity have been reported in the otolaryngology liter...

Introduction Tracheostomy is the commonest surgical procedure in intensive care units (ICUs). It not only provides stable airway and facilitates pulmonary toilet and ventilator weaning, but also decreases the direct laryngeal injury of endotracheal intubation, and improves patient comfort and daily living activity. Objective The objective of this study is to assess the incidence, indications, t...

Aim: Percutaneous tracheostomy (PT) application has advantages such as being able to be applied at the bedside in a short time and less bleeding. It is frequently preferred intensive care units with indications prolonged artificial respiration requirement, facilitating weaning, providing emergency airway. an alternative method surgical tracheostomy. In this study, we aimed retrospectively evalu...

Emergency airway management outside the elective operating room presents considerable risks to the patient and significant challenges to the practitioner. Complications and adverse consequences are commonplace, yet they have not received their justified discussion or scrutiny in the literature. This review will discuss potentially life-threatening complications partitioned into 2 broad categori...

T-tubes are generally safe artificial airways used to stent and maintain the laryngotracheal airway in patients with stenosis or after laryngotracheal reconstruction. T-tube related airway complications are uncommon but potentially life-threatening. T-tube aspiration is rarely reported in the literature and may occur after coughing episodes and deep inspiration. Two cases of T-tube aspiration i...

introduction: gastro-esophageal reflux (ger) is common among children of different ages and treatment is necessary since it could turn in to gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) and cause complications. in patients that do not respond to medical treatment and patients that have complications such as repeated apnea, pneumonia, stricture caused by esophagitis and failure to thrive, surgical tre...

BACKGROUND This project was devised to estimate the incidence of major complications of airway management during anaesthesia in the UK and to study these events. METHODS Reports of major airway management complications during anaesthesia (death, brain damage, emergency surgical airway, unanticipated intensive care unit admission) were collected from all National Health Service hospitals for 1...

Background and Aims. Complications following thyroidectomy can prolong hospital stay and cause significant morbidity particularly for patients treated for benign thyroid conditions. Our aim was to administer a UK-wide survey of thyroid surgery units on frequency and timing of the onset of life-threatening airway complications & correlate to factors that might be associated with them. Methods. A...

Tracheostomy in the neurosurgical setting is an important tool for airway maintenance, especially in Cerebellopontine angle tumour patients. A retrospective study was conducted at the Neurosurgical centre of a tertiary care institute for analyzing the factors dictating early or late tracheostomy and its consequent early or late decannulation. 170 records were retrieved of which 15.8% underwent ...

study, 92% of patients received a neuromuscular blocker and fewer than 1% required more than two attempts at tracheal intubation. There is a clear link between multiple attempts at intubation and development of complications, some of which are life-threatening. In a study of 2833 intubations in critically ill patients, neuromuscular block was used in only 20% of intubations, and in 17% only top...