Address for Correspondence: Dr. Ravdeep Kaur, Department of Anatomy, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Banur, Patiala, Punjab, India. E-Mail: [email protected] 1 Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab, India. *2 Department of Anatomy, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Banur, Patiala, Punjab, India. 3 Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College...

Study Design A descriptive experimental study. Purpose The purpose of this study was to describe the reliability and accuracy of palpable anterior neck landmarks (angle of the mandible, hyoid bone, thyroid cartilage, and cricoid cartilage) for the identification of cervical spinal levels in a slight neck-extended position as in anterior approach cervical spinal surgery. Overview of Literatu...

This case describes a subtotal cricoid cartilage defect reconstructed with a prefabricated composite free flap. A 61-year-old man with a chondrosarcoma of the cricoid cartilage required a subtotal cricoidectomy. The resulting defect was successfully reconstructed with a two-stage prefabricated radial forearm free flap utilizing auricular cartilage. Our case further adds to the evidence that pre...

Laryngotracheal invasion worsens the prognosis of thyroid cancer and the surgical approach for laryngotracheal invasion is controversial. In this paper, partial full-thickness excision of the cricoid cartilage with supracricoid laryngectomy and reconstruction of existing defect with thyroid cartilage are explained in a patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma invading the thyroid cartilage and ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD) is common and costly. In order to improve quality of life for patients and costs to society, better treatments than currently available are needed. The author hypothesized that manual control of the upper esophageal sphincter (UES) is possible by pulling the larynx directly forward with anterior traction on the cricoid cartilage. The purpose o...

The manoeuvre consists in temporary occlusion of the upper end of the oesophagus by backward pressure of the cricoid cartilage against the bodies of the cervical vertebrae. In the cadaver it was found that when the stomach was filled with water and firm pressure was applied to the cricoid, as described below, a steep Trendelenburg tilt did not cause regurgitation of fluid into the pharynx. More...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Supracricoid horizontal partial laryngectomy (SCPL) is increasingly used to treat endolaryngeal carcinoma. However, few radiologic reports of these procedures exist. Our purpose was to evaluate the normal CT appearance of the neolarynx after surgery. METHODS SCPL includes cricohyoidopexy (CHP), cricohyoidoepiglottopexy (CHEP), and tracheocricohyoidoepiglottopexy (TCHEP)...

AIMS To determine how often ingested foreign bodies are found and what parameters may predict their retrieval. METHODS During 1 year, we prospectively studied all patients referred to our Ear Nose and Throat Emergency Unit because of foreign body ingestion. RESULTS During the study, 204 (median age-42 years [10 months-84 years]) patients were admitted because of ingested foreign body. The m...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Sellick described the importance of applying pressure in the cricoid cartilage during anesthesia induction to prevent regurgitation of gastric contents. Since then, the maneuver has been widely accepted by anesthesiologists as a fundamental step during induction with the rapid sequence technique. The objective of the present report was to discuss the indications, techn...

STUDY DESIGN A cadaveric study. OBJECTIVE To investigate possible variations of posterior pharyngoesophageal (PE) wall thickness in the horizontal plane and their implications for anterior spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Lower cervical levels (C5-7) are most commonly involved in cases of PE injury, and PE wall thickness could be one of the proposed reasons for the high incidence o...