BACKGROUND Minimally invasive spine surgery limits surgical trauma and avoids traditional open surgery so in the majority of cases, recovery is much quicker and patients have less pain after surgery. AIM The authors describe an endoscopic approach to anterior cervical foraminotomy (ACF) by Destandau's method. MATERIAL AND METHODS Anterior cervical foraminotomy by Destandau's method is carri...

© 2002 Association médicale canadienne T keys to successful treatment of tracheal tears after endotracheal intubation are early recognition, control of airway, antibiotic therapy and surgical repair. Surgical approaches to the repair of iatrogenic membranous tracheal injuries depend on the extent and location of the tear. Tears of the upper two-thirds can usually be repaired through a cervical ...

INTRODUCTION Arytenoid adduction (AA) is a type of approximation laryngoplasty for unilateral vocal-fold paralysis (UVFP) patients that was firstly introduced by Morrison in 1948. The main mechanism for this procedure is vocal fold repositioning by means of pulling the muscular process of the arytenoid cartilage in the direction of the lateral cricoarytenoid (LCA) muscle. AA is especially usefu...

Introduction:Surgical treatment of diseases in cervicothoracic, thoracic and thoracolumbar regions can be a challenging issue. Cooperation of the thoracic surgeons and spine surgeons can improve the outcomes and decrease the complications of patients who underwent these approaches.Materials & Methods: The participants of this study consisted of seventeenpatients suffering from different types o...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare operative feasibility and surgical outcome of the modified Cherney incision and vertical midline incision in patients undergoing radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy. METHODS Between March 2005 and December 2007, retrospective data of 78 patients (n=17; modified Cherney incision, n=61; vertical midline incision) with early stage cervic...

We have recently encountered 6 cases of tumor that developed in the parapharyngeal space (2 cases of neurinoma, a case of angioneurinoma, pleomorphic adenoma, mucoepidermoid tumor and acinic cell tumor). This paper reports these cases and discusses the problems on diagnosis and treatment. As for the surgical approaches, the oral method and external cervical incision with or without median mandi...

Disruption of a mainstem bronchus is a rare but dreaded complication of pneumonectomy. After an anatomic study on cadavers, we successfully used a video mediastinoscope to close a postpneumonectomy main bronchus fistula via a cervical incision.

Case Description-  Seventeen dogs (fifteen adult small breed dogs and two adult large breed dogs) who tolerated ventriculocordectomy operation in small animal clinics.   Treatment and Outcome- Induction of anesthesia was done using routine anesthetic agants. After dorsal recumbency, incision of ventral midline cervical skin (thyroid region), the entire vocal folds and cords were removed. The...

Case description- A two-month-old cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) of unknown sex ،weighing 58 g was referred for history of ingestion of foreign body inaction.Clinical findings- Of course, by examination and observation of chest, an object was seen and touched in the crop. Lateral and ventrodorsal radiographs showed a foreign body within the crop in a transverse position.Treatment...