"Myiasis" is a parasitic infestation of live human or vertebrate animal tissues or cavities caused by dipterous larvae (maggots) which feed on the host's dead or living tissue, liquid body substances or ingested food. They are extremely rare in Western countries, especially in E.N.T. practice, and to the best of our knowledge, only two cases of myiasis in a tracheostomy wound have been reported...

The incidence of iatrogenic pneumothorax (IPx) will increase with invasive procedures particularly at training hospitals, that is why we have made a retrospective study of the common diagnostic or therapeutic causes of IPx and its impact on morbidity. From January 2011 to December 2011, 36 patients developed IPx as emergencies, after an invasive procedure. Their mean age was 38 years (range: 19...

A 25-year-old, otherwise healthy, active duty Navy male patient was referred from a ship with persistent pneumonia despite intravenous antibiotics administered by the ship's medical officer. He was admitted to the intensive care unit, rapidly developed adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and required airway support. However, the anesthesiologist on call was unable to successfully transl...

OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and efficacy of percutaneous transtracheal jet ventilation (PTJV) in the management of the difficult airway. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING Academic, tertiary care medical center. PATIENTS Forty-three consecutive PTJV procedures performed on 33 patients with anticipated airway difficulty undergoing direct laryngoscopy for diagnosis and/or treatmen...

ABSTRACT Purpose to verify the efficacy of speech therapy in early return oral intake patients with post-orotracheal intubation dysphagia. Methods It was a double-blinded randomized controlled trial for two years intensive care units hospital. Study inclusion criteria were orotracheal intubation>48hours, age≥18 old, clinical stability, and Exclusion tracheotomy, score 4 7 Functional Oral Int...

BACKGROUND Maxillectomy defects require complex 3-dimensional reconstructions often best suited to microvascular free tissue transfer. Postoperative airway management during this procedure has little discussion in the literature and is often dictated by surgical dogma. The purpose of this article was to review our experience in order to evaluate the effect of airway management on perioperative ...

INTRODUCTION Tracheotomy is widely performed in the intensive care unit after long-term oral intubation. The present study investigates the immediate influence of tracheotomy on respiratory mechanics and blood gases during mechanical ventilation. METHODS Tracheotomy was performed in 32 orally intubated patients for 10.5 +/- 4.66 days (all results are means +/- standard deviations). Airway pre...

OBJECTIVES Solid-organ transplant recipients may require percutaneous dilational tracheotomy because of prolonged mechanical ventilation or airway issues, but data regarding its safety and effectiveness in solid-organ transplant recipients are scarce. Here, we evaluated the safety, effectiveness, and benefits in terms of lung mechanics, complications, and patient comfort of percutaneous dilatio...

BACKGROUND Vocal fold motion impairment (VFMI), especially vocal fold abductor paralysis, is frequently seen in multiple system atrophy (MSA). Since the regulation system of laryngeal function is closely related to swallowing function, swallowing function is considered to be more involved in MSA patients with VFMI than in patients that do not have VFMI. However, the relationship between dysphag...