A No. 1 Macintosh blade and a 3.5-mm red rubber endotracheal tube with stylet are used. Intubation of the cat is frequently more difficult than intubation of a child since the cat has large, sharp teeth, a large tongue, copious salivation, a small anterior larynx and dome-shaped arytenoid cartilages. Intubation of the cat is a dynamic demonstration which simulates future experiences and gives s...

OBJECTIVE Comparison of different endoscopic glottis-widening procedures designed for bilateral vocal cord immobility (BVCI) is a challenge. This is because a statistically efficient analysis and comparable clinical series is hard to obtain considering the variable aspects of the results and the evaluation methods. This study of a large number of cadaver larynges provides comparable, objective ...

The larynx or voice box is a cylindrical space which lies at the upper end of the trachea opposite to the 3—6 cervical cartilages. It is a cartilaginous structure made up of 6 different types of cartilages. Major cartilages forming the framework of the larynx are thyroid, cricoid and epiglottis. The unpaired cartilages are three in number, namely arytenoids, corniculate and cuneiform. Cricoid c...

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...

to recall certain normal processes involved in this function. In the laryngo-pharynx the most important mechanism is the closure of the larynx. This is effected by the apposition and tilting forward of the arytenoids and the apposition of the aryepiglottic folds, while a raising of the larynx brings the arytenoids with their cornicula into contact with the cushion of the epiglottis. The contrac...

The larynx or voice box is a cylindrical space which lies at the upper end of the trachea opposite to the 3—6 cervical cartilages. It is a cartilaginous structure made up of 6 different types of cartilages. Major cartilages forming the framework of the larynx are thyroid, cricoid and epiglottis. The unpaired cartilages are three in number, namely arytenoids, corniculate and cuneiform. Cricoid c...

The larynx or voice box is a cylindrical space which lies at the upper end of the trachea opposite to the 3—6 cervical cartilages. It is a cartilaginous structure made up of 6 different types of cartilages. Major cartilages forming the framework of the larynx are thyroid, cricoid and epiglottis. The unpaired cartilages are three in number, namely arytenoids, corniculate and cuneiform. Cricoid c...

Chondrosarcomas of the larynx are rare tumors, representing less than 0.2% of all head and neck malignancies [1]. In this report, we present an unusual case of an undiagnosed chrondrosarcoma of the larynx presenting as difficult intubation in an otherwise asymptomatic patient. Difficult intubation in an otherwise asymptomatic patient has not been reported as an initial presentation of this tumo...