Background: The assessment of voice quality can be evaluated perceptually with standard clinical practice, also including acoustic evaluation digital recordings to validate and further interpret perceptual judgments. goal the present study was determine strongest parameters for perceived hoarseness breathiness when analyzing sustained vowel [a:] using a new tool, VOXplot software. Methods: A to...

of two different endotracheal cuff pressures on postoperative dysphagia, sore throat, dysphonia, and hospital stay in anterior cervical spine surgery.
 Materials Methods: Seventy patients scheduled for surgery were randomly divided into groups. After intubation, the pressure was inflated to 20 cmH2O 25 Group I (n=35) II (n=35), respectively. The degree dysphagia assessed with Bazaz score. ...

for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. A standard Olympus endoscope (GIF H190, Olympus, Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA) was used for evaluation of gastritis. After 12 hours, the patient developed hoarseness, throat pain, and swelling. A computed tomography (CT) scan, barium swallow, and laryngeal electromyography (LEMG) studies showed normal findings. Strobovideolaryngoscopy showed a higher le...

We report a patient with tracheopathia osteoplastica (TPO), a rare or perhaps underrecognized disorder, detected in approximately 1 in every 2000 to 5000 patients who undergo bronchoscopy. TPO is marked by proliferation of bony and cartilaginous spurs leading to airway stenosis. Multiple submucosal cartilaginous and osseous nodules can develop in the respiratory tract and may involve the entire...