BACKGROUND Cricoid pressure or to be more exact cricoid force (CF) can cause airway obstruction and subsequent difficulty with airway management during an emergency induction. METHODS We studied 30 children with an age range of 3 months to 15 yr who presented for routine bronchoscopy or other surgical procedures requiring tracheal intubation. We looked at the effect of CF on the calibre of th...

Acute laryngeal injury is a rare, potentially lethal injury. It often poses difficulty in airway management. Commonly described are external laryngeal or blunt injuries. We report a case of penetrating neck injury resulting in complete transection of cricoid cartilage. A lady presented with a large, deep slash wound in her neck from a knife injury. There was complete laryngotracheal separation....

OBJECTIVE Partial cricotracheal resection has become a more popular procedure in the pediatric population as a treatment for severe subglottic stenosis. We describe a new technique for the posterior cricoid anastomosis. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING This is a case series of 4 pediatric patients with a Myer-Cotton grade III or IV subglottic stensosis. SETTING Tertiary care hospital with a pediatr...

Rapid-sequence induction with cricoid pressure is a standard procedure for inducing anesthesia in patients with a potentially full stomach. During the induction period, if the patient develops generalized movements of the body, the pressure level of the cricoid may change unexpectedly. As a result, the increase in intragastric pressure may cause gastric regurgitation and consequent pulmonary as...